6 Best Growth ETFs To Buy Now

The best growth ETFs offer exposure to higher-risk, higher-reward stocks while lessening the risk of a single stock torpedoing your returns.

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Growth ETFs (exchange-traded funds) are as straightforward as they sound: They are portfolios of growth stocks. However, not all funds are created equal and investors must perform due diligence in order to find the best growth ETFs to meet their goals.

By definition, a growth stock is any company with an above-average growth profile. In other words, these are companies whose revenue and earnings are expanding faster than the market average. They also often pay little or no dividends (but not always, as you'll read later), opting instead to reinvest their cash flow in the business to maintain their growth.

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Will Ashworth
Contributing Writer, Kiplinger.com

Will has written professionally for investment and finance publications in both the U.S. and Canada since 2004. A native of Toronto, Canada, his sole objective is to help people become better and more informed investors. Fascinated by how companies make money, he's a keen student of business history. Married and now living in Halifax, Nova Scotia, he's also got an interest in equity and debt crowdfunding.