The price of altcoins might grow higher within a short period but one also needs to be concerned with the risk of investing in these altcoins. One also needs some skills or experience to be able to navigate the altcoin sector, which makes it a highly risky area for newbies.
Based on my own observation and speculation, as we are already in the bull season and the bitcoin price is already performing wonders, which is just like most of us expected it to be, the altcoin season is also around the corner, but as you have said, people should be careful about the kind of altcoin they choose to invest their penny in as its volatility is higher than that of bitcoin.
The price will surge real quick, like I have pictured a few Altcoins to be nearing breaking a new ATH this bull season, but I'm not much of an Altcoin fan this period, although a few of them are also worth our investment to give them a try.