It's not like altcoins are a better choice for investment, it's altcoins that provide a higher amount of money but also involves a greater risk, you have a larger risk for the chance of  winning more money, sounds like a fair deal.

If you choose to invest in altcoins I would recommend you to make a strong research in this section because usually altcoins tend to be junk and if you don't know what you are investing at then your chance to lose your money, is much higher.

If you decide to invest in altcoins make sure that you don't invest more then you can afford to lose/