Growth Investing, high dividend stocks, & ETFs

As investors we are here to make money.  We are always looking for the most favorable return.  Since there are many ways to skin the proverbial cat of reaching our goals, we need to look into the total picture of costs and benefits of all options.

For most of my investing career I’ve taken the growth investing approach through buying market index ETFs.  I’m young and they provide a less risky way of achieving baseline returns. Though since I’m relatively young; passing my mid twenties, I’m wondering if I should be looking at other approaches.
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