Compounded growth can have a significant impact on your portfolio and progress toward retirement goals. The difference between an 8% annualized return and a 10% annualized return over 20 years is staggering. If you start with a $10,000 portfolio, you will end up with $46,609.57 after 20 years of an 8% annualized return. Raising your annualized return to 10% will result in a $67,275.00 portfolio within the same amount of time. Many investors gravitate toward growth stocks to outperform the market. These asse ...