I will recommend you to spilt your $1000 capital into a few coins. IMO, BTC, ETH, Neo and XMR are good to buy. But please do your own research before investing.
ETH, BTC and XMR I think is a good choice and wise, if you look at their price track record in the market, then you will know why these three coins are recommended
Thank you. I'm also thinking on ETH anf BTC. I will check more on XMR. I don't know much about it.