The second stage will be on alternative coins.
The third stage will be on money makes money basis.
Mining in my opinion is the worst investment as a sole investor. The risk is far too great and the reward will very well likely be dismal in the near future with the massive flooding of the market with new ASICs. The home miner is almost kaput with the new coin farms cropping up at these vague sounding IPs in Scandinavia and China.
I'd just make a speculative currency buy when/if the price drops below 100