Yeh, everyone has the opportunity of buying something at a bargain, but not everyone has the wit to accept it, and really put their money into something while it was still a bargain. I recently met someone who bought BTC at $2. If he could do that, then why can't we buy LTC, DASH, Monero, or ETC at $2?
I told my friend that LTC has the potential to outperform BTC (purely in terms of monetary gain) too, but unfortunately I think he rejected the idea.
RE: On the prospects of jumping into Litecoin for a long term investment – 13th June 2017