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It’s good to receive advice for your portfolio, but you’re ultimately the one who makes the decisions. A 28-year-old recently asked for some suggestions about his portfolio and wondered if the portfolio has too many dividend stocks. Typically, younger people should put more of their money into growth stocks and gradually de-risk their portfolios as they get older. Here’s what the 28-year-old’s $194k portfolio looks like Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (NYSEARCA:VOO): $77.9k Schwab U.S. Dividend Equity ETF (NYSEARCA:SCHD): $50.0k Altria Group (NYSE:MO): $19.7k Reality Income (NYSE:O): $19.3k Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund ETF (NYSEARCA:VTI): $12.5k Vanguard Growth Index Fund ETF (NYSEARCA:VUG): $11.0k These are some ideas for the 28-year-old. Key Points A 28-year-old with a $194k portfolio wonders if it makes sense to put a lot of money into dividend stocks. Diversifying into growth ETFs may come with more risk, but it has historically generated higher returns.

Investing in exchange-traded funds (ETFs) is usually associated with safe and stable long-term investing. But not all ETFs are the same.

If the recent stock market rollercoaster has you feeling nauseated, you're not alone. Investor sentiment has been swinging wildly in recent months, with 43% of investors feeling optimistic about the market in January to only 19% in March to around 38% most recently, according to weekly surveys from the American Association of Individual Investors.

The Vanguard Growth ETF (VUG 0.31%) is an exchange-traded fund (ETF) that exclusively holds large-cap stocks. It has outperformed the S&P 500 (^GSPC -0.04%) each year, on average, since it was founded in 2004, mainly because it holds much larger positions in high-flying tech giants such as Nvidia, Microsoft, and Amazon.

Designed to provide broad exposure to the Large Cap Growth segment of the US equity market, the Vanguard Growth ETF (VUG) is a passively managed exchange traded fund launched on 01/26/2004.

Tech, communication, and consumer cyclical sectors drive robust fundamentals for growth stocks, with financials, health care, and industrials adding further upside potential. Recent market selloff has made forward valuations attractive, presenting a compelling entry point for large cap growth ETFs like Vanguard Growth ETF (VUG). VUG stands out due to its strong tech exposure, high liquidity, low expense ratio, and diversified holdings, outperforming the S&P 500 over multiple timeframes.

The Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC 0.52%) closed Wednesday at 19,146.81 -- a staggering 29.5% rally from its 52-week intraday low of 14,784.03 on April 7.

Are you looking to build a worry-free, passive long-term portfolio that will allow you to focus on other things while growing your money? Buying and holding a handful of exchange-traded funds (or ETFs) is the answer, of course, and the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY 0.65%) remains a top choice.

The S&P 500 is the U.S. benchmark that most investors pay closest attention to.

Picking the “perfect” exchange traded fund (ETF) or stock to hold in retirement really isn't possible for most investors.