3 Growth Stocks to Buy and Hold for 25 Years

Growth stocks can be life-changing investments: Think of buying Amazon.comin 1997 for a split-adjusted $1.50, or Microsoftin 1986 for a split-adjusted $0.10 -- yes, ten cents-- per share. These are real growth-stock investments that real people made at some point, turning thousands into millions. Moreover, growth stocks don't have to be brand-new start-ups.

Look no further than Coca-Cola, which you could've picked up for a split- and dividend-adjusted $0.35 per share in late 1979, turning $1,000 into over $122,000 in total returns.