Now might be a difficult time to invest a lot of money in stocks. A challenging economy limits how much investors have to put into the market, which means it's important to be more selective in deciding which stocks to add to your portfolio.

But if you can afford to invest $5,000, a couple of exceptional growth stocks to consider are Eli Lilly (NYSE: LLY) and Airbnb (NASDAQ: ABNB). These businesses have been generating solid results, and there are good reasons to believe that should continue. Here's why.

Eli Lilly looks to be on the path to become the first trillion-dollar healthcare company. The business is worth over $500 billion, and it's coming off an encouraging quarter where sales of $8.3 billion rose 28% year over year.

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Source Fool.com