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. 
Ripple have a nice team and the technology is one of the best in cryptocurrencies. I believe that in future Ripple is going to give 10x for those that really know when the bull run commence. I still believe that we should appreciate we Ripple was in January this year and it might get back there again in the future maybe by January 2020 or 2023.