Top 3 Alt Coins 2017 to hold with entry points and reasons: (A guide for beginners)

The Next Big Thing: STRATIS $STRAT (Good Entry Point: 4.5$-6.5$) : Expected End of Year Price 2017 (30$+)

Stratis is a platform for developing applications much like Ethereum however it has been based on C# and makes the blockchain technology accessible for developers previously not involved. It has had a huge price correction from 10$+ to its current price where it has shown nice resistance. It is literally at 50% off.

Secondly, it allows projects to be hosted on individual side-chains and investors don't have to fear that their project will be clubbed with the next scam ICO in the case of Ethereum. This will IMO pull in serious investors which were previously deterred to get their name involved with other projects. Icing on the cake is the very good Marketing drive you see with STRATIS.

The Next Anon Coin: VERGE $XVG (Good Entry point 125 sat-165 sat) Expected End of Year Price 2017 (0.12$)

In a world desperately searching for privacy options Verge truly stands out as the most Anonymous coin out there. PivX and Zcoin have been fighting for the same title however they have themselves revealed that they donot offer true privacy. (PivX in case of masternodes). Lets not forget anonymity was one of the biggest drivers of developing the crypto market and verge just might be the people's champ.

Secondly they have a very active dev and an even more solid community. Growth is very community led and with RSK smart contracts to kick in along with other things on the road map. Verge has it all.

The high risk millionaire coin: Espers Coin Good entry point (14 satoshi-41 satoshi) Expected End of Year Price 2017 (100 satoshi+)

(Don't buy on YOBIT as it has the old chain and your money will be wasted. NovaExchange better)

This is purely based on the low value of the coin and has the same dev team as INSN coin behind it. Community is also active and has yet to hit the major exchanges. Also you can earn alot buy staking $ESP. A little bit of espers might give great returns in the future but again this is a very high risk option compared to the others.