A good strategy is to take that $1000 and break it up into ten $100 bits. Then buy a $100 of Bitcoin a day over the next ten days. This evens out the dips somewhat and is better than laying down 1K all at once.
Ether is a good investment. But honestly there are so many cryptos now, with so many choices, I would stick to the established ones until you get your feet wet more.
Best of luck man! Oh - and holding long term is really the answer. Just think if you had bought BTC years ago when it was under 1K!
