Hi, everyone!
Good Question!
Though, I was also a newbie but for few days I am almost mastering in these currencies. So, I come to the conclusion that trading is more beneficial than mining. As mining, would require good amount of budgeting, you need high tech machine, good space and it consumes high electricity also.

But trading is a sure shot way where you can obviously get something after investing few amount. I personally, recommend you to not invest directly in crypto industry, first have some knowledge in this field, analyze each coins, read about ICOs, what does ICOs means? Gather each and every enquiry and information.

As in another forum I have got to know about few sites where we get information about basic terms,  coins,  ICOs and so many things you can learn here. These sites are:

cryptocoinjudge.com
icotokennews.com
icoalert.com
coinschedule.com
icobench.com


Please, share your thoughts on the same, whether these information is beneficial for you or not. So that we can educate more people and guide them better way.