Ripple has a big potential with it's developer and investor, they love to start a bull run periodically then smash it like nothing. If you can catch that "ripple" on it's start you can gain 10x-15x but if you be late you can lose a lot, it is risky but if you look at yearly graph it is about time and today's rise seems like a signal. 
currently the ripple position is ranked second under bitcoin, ethereum is down even deeper.
I think there is a great opportunity for ripples to survive with long progress in the future.