The stock market has been a topsy-turvy place to put your money in recent years. You may remember the Nasdaq Composite index soared 74% from the beginning of 2020 through the end of 2021. Then it collapsed by 33% in 2022.

Buying growth stocks and then letting them go at the first sign of trouble makes it nearly impossible to realize a positive return. Conversely, most investors who took a long-term approach to growth stock investing have come out miles ahead since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Nasdaq Composite index as a whole has climbed 53% since the end of 2019, and it's up 185% over the past seven years.

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