If you're looking for candidates for your long-term stock portfolio, consider growth stocks. They're tied to companies that are growing at a faster-than-average clip, and many of them will deliver terrific returns over the years and decades to come. Not all will, of course, which is why you'll probably want to spread your dollars across a bunch of them. Our Foolish philosophy suggests at least 25 stocks per portfolio.

Here are brief introductions to three growth stocks to consider. See if any or all of them interest you.

Semiconductor giant Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) specializes in graphics processing units (GPUs) that are used by gaming systems, cloud computing operations, data centers, and others. It's also a major player in the artificial intelligence (AI) realm and "accelerates" various applications, making them more effective.

Continue reading

Source Fool.com