That is what I did, I cashed out some steem to cover losses on my foray into bitcoin cash at the top. Now I am mining Garlicoin and plan on converting it through exchanges into steem I am just waiting for the price to go up a little :) I lost about $100 in bitcoin cash. But I made $60 on Garlicoin.
I am not by any means an investor yet, but it is something to play around with to learn how it all goes.
Never heard of Garlicoin, went to the website and the first thing i saw was "Garlicoin is the new, friendly, decentralized cryptocurrency that you've never heard of." It looks like a scam or made as a joke. No whitepaper, no team, no road map, no clear reason for its existence. But if your making money from it thats great. How are you mining it?
It was a joke currency that actually did something for a minute then dropped to nothing. I apparently was able to mine about a hundred while it was something but before it dropped.