For new money to make it to alts it must first go through BTC. When a BTC surge begins to level off expect huge surges in various alts. VIA is a solid project, and at this point it wont take much to skyrocket the price. Be patient and don't let emotion effect your decisions...
For a newbie on this website you make a very mature and fundamental point. Did your legendary account get hijacked or something and you had to start over? :-D