1000$ TO INVEST, WHERE SHOULD I PUT IT?
The are many coins that are less than a dollar now but there are going to pump high in future and I will advise any wise investors to take advantage of the current bearish market and invest in them. Coins like ripple and xem has gotten a push back to below $1 and buying them with your $1,000 can make you a millionaire in future. I think there are also ongoing icos that you can also invest now and in years to come will turn out to be a great assets to your because I believe the future of cryptocurrencies is better than now.
Why does dollar price matter vs market cap?
Ripple? no thanks, be one of my last suggestions, for ripple to make you $10,000 it has to hit a $358,460,733,570 cap, pretty close to 2x the cap of BTC currently.
Listen to what the other people have been saying about learning and education yourself, it'll be more valuable than comments like the one quoted.