Many projects buy rating on known, untwisted sites. I would not trust these sites completely, but I'd better study the project and the road map myself.
Crypto-currencies and the crypto industry are something new and interesting, a kind of trend that is actively and intensively developing in the world. Therefore, they have a great future.
I suggest to you try to explore this forum for at least 1day, study all the rules and learn how to join bounty campaign. You still have to learn more things but you are on the right place. Just keep on yourself busy about studying and you can have a free coin that is beyond your expectation, so if you learn bounty campaign you can get a big profit.
Altсoins that have a working product that everyone needs, will develop and will only go up, even if the price is not lower it is not necessary to panic, they will survive.
I recently stopped paying attention to forecasts. The fact is that very few words are real and to a greater extent all predictions intended to artificially influence the users of crypto currency.
To invest successfully in altcoins you need to spend a lot of time to understand which ones are better to choose to get a profit. I also often buy coins not from the top 10-50 and I'm fine, it comes with experience. The main secret is to research and get your facts right.