Wanting to invest in some alt-coins

[argutus]

I am looking to invest $500 in some alt-coins, what are my best options for a stable coin that will raise greatly long-term?

[MAbtc]

People will just tell you to buy what they are holding.

[Eliavres]

Unfortunately I agree, the best thing to do is read read read read, theres a lot of info on these forums, it's just a matter of filtering it.

[Damnsammit]

LTC sure looks like it is heading upwards.  I only have like 10 at the moment but I might be getting more soon.

[Vycid]

I've heard of this new coin called millibitcoin, it sounds pretty great.

[Financisto]

[...] what are my best options for a stable coin [...]

LTC, NMC and PPC are the most capitalized. They have a solid (yet short) past.

[...] that will raise greatly long-term? [...]

Unfortunately, no one foresees the future...  

Brand new coins are extremely risky. Stay away from them.

[MAbtc]

I'm wary of putting anything into coins like NMC, PPC, FTC, TRC.... they have seen such huge growth recently, I'm not sure how much more to expect in the short-term prior to correcting. LTC too.

[mt k]

Unless you are buying your altcoin on ebay(premium rate), you will most likely have to buy partial BTC to fund an account to buy Altcoins on an exchange.

[MAbtc]

Having said the above, I do think merge-mined coins are the most promising long term. NMC and DVC.

[MsCollec]

Buy Bitcoin on localbitcoins and get buy any alt coin. Be careful about all this pump and dump. Buy either Novacoin or Worldcoin but I preferred Worldcoin

[Redcoin]

Netcoin block value halves in 1 or 2 days. So it might double in value.

Redcoin a good coin for long term investment