Investing in exchange-traded funds (ETFs) makes sense for almost any investor.

Buying ETFs is the easiest way to put together a diversified portfolio of stocks without having to do the hard work of managing them yourself. Typically, the only additional cost to owning an ETF is a modest expense ratio, which could be just a fraction of a penny on the dollar.

The most popular ETFs track the S 500, but investors have a wide range of options beyond these basic index funds. If you are a growth stock investor, two ETFs worth looking at are the Vanguard Growth Fund (NYSEMKT: VUG), which tracks the performance of the CRSP U.S. Large Cap Growth Index, and the Invesco QQQ Trust (NASDAQ: QQQ), which tracks the Nasdaq-100 index, made up of the 100 biggest non-financial companies traded on the stock exchange.

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