# 🍇 Growth

By [Let Them Eat Cake](https://paragraph.com/@ltecake) · 2022-06-20

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**TL,DR: Like grapes, growth stocks are pricey and sweet**

Growth Stock / Grape

*   remarkably sweet or sadly sour
    
*   very popular
    

Eatamology “Growth” refers to the past performance and future expectations of shares in relatively young companies. These stocks are in an expansive phase, where they generally outperform the overall stock market but are at greater risk of failure than the blue chip and index stocks.

Financials Growth stocks represent shares in unproven and young companies that typically gain popularity and price faster than stable and established alternatives. Investors are willing to pay a premium for these shares, even if the companies are not yet profitable, because they expect earnings to increase significantly in the future.

Where to Find Growth stocks are available on most major public exchanges as individual stocks or as part of a specialized and sometimes risky bundle like a mutual fund (see smoothie section) or an exchange traded fund (see salad section).

Example Ingredients Netflix, Tesla, Snapchat, Blue Apron

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*Originally published on [Let Them Eat Cake](https://paragraph.com/@ltecake/growth)*