Last year alts rise a lot. I dont know the average percentage. But when I check coins in the market at year 2013 lots of them dead now (too low ranks). probably new tech coins won them (like peercoin, namecoin, ixcoin etc)
Also we are following new ICO s and most of us expecting too much gain from new coins which are not at the market. If our ICO expectations will happen, when they added to market, current market coins will go down. kind of paradox

As long as you hold Altcoin that has good potential, I do not think this is a danger. Instead, you will get many benefits from what you hold. Most importantly you should be able to find a good Altcoin and promise you to resist in the short and long term.