if you are a beginner, I think there are a lot of risks that you will face if you want to invest in ICO, in essence you have a lot to learn and read a lot from the experience of people who already have extensive insight into ICO. do not lazy to read, and after that I give a little advice to you, "use the money that is ready to disappear from $ 10 and max $ 50," so if you get a scam project, the project fails or the coin price does not match when the agreement, you just lose a little,
Yes you’re right, new investors should always read and learn from those who experienced in it already. And they shouldn’t also rely on just one source, cause no matter how good that source used to be, nobody knows all, so they are likely to give out wrong information at a time.
So, rely on many sources to get information. And as a newbie, major things to consider is if what you’re investing is better than the existing ones, the marketing budget and whether it has a community. There are still a letter things tho', but these ones are very important.