for someone new, you definitely seem to be on the right track, especially (IMHO) with Litecoin and EOS.  a lot of people fall into the trap of tossing money into shady ICOs and low marketcap coins hoping for the moon. 

advice that goes without saying is DYOR, but this man's humble opinion is that EOS is going to be revolutionary and could potentially dethrone ethereum.  Litecoin is solid and you won't take a loss, but you might not get the types of returns you could with EOS.  To take it a step further, if you start looking into EOS and like what you see, check out BitShares (BTS) - coins developed by the same creator Dan Larimer.  He implements a delegated proof of stake concept which is cheaper and faster than a POW blockchain, and I truly believe 2018 will be the year of decentralized exchanges/blockchains.

best of luck to you