Any recommendations on other crypto coins from you guys in the know?
Recommendations is a strong word in such a speculative space, but I'll do my best.
In my opinion, the best indicator as to whether a cryprocurrency has a long term future is related uptake and how much they are actually being used and applied to practical purposes. At the moment, I would rate the three leaders in this area as Bitcoin, Ether and Litecoin.
Outside of these three, the one I like is Decred (pronounced Dee-cred, as in, short for decentralised credit). To me, the structure, development and principles behind it seem nicely streamlined and make more sense to me than many of the newer coins that are out there. The official website for it is Decred.org. It launched in February 2016 and was created by some former Bitcoin developers in an attempt to overcome some of the problems that they saw with Bitcoin.
Here is a chart of the price. I think there is plenty of upside, even at the current price. Then again, it is a cryptocurrency, so I could be wrong.