Let's say it might hit 2 USD very soon... and yes, It is most definitely a good coin to hold long term. It's transactions are quite faster compared to other altcoins even bitcoin. I am hoping that coins.ph will soon introduce Ripple to our folks here.
I bought ripple for $0.025 and sold with 2x profit. I guess that was a pretty stupid decision, as the next day I saw it already going another 70% up. I don't know, I suppose ripple has good chances of going up eventually, but I really don't like it being sort of a traitor of the realm of cryptocurrency ideology of decentralization. That's why I consider it only short-term. Perhaps it's wrong to take cryptos personally, but I do and I invest only in those which I like and believe in.