Agree with LT4, if you are researching anyways, you might as well join an ico and get in from the start. That way, you have two major advantages;
1. get in cheap and thus obtaining more coins with the same amount of money you are willing to invest.
2. have the potential for the coin to grow. With the roadmap releases and news, the coin will become more in value.
if you decide to sell the coin, you might have (more) profit