Led by Nvidia, the best stocks over the last decade include three other stocks driven by the buildout of AI infrastructure -- AMD, Arista, and Broadcom -- and one defense stock, Axon.

Short-term stock performance gets a lot of financial press, but much of it is meaningless noise. Long-term investors should consider a stock's long-term performance -- and its current growth prospects -- when making stock investing decisions.

A company's strong stock performance over the longer term, particularly in technology and other fast-evolving spaces, oftentimes reflects an agile and capable top management team and a winning business model.

With that said, below are the five best-performing stocks on the S&P 500 index over the last decade through Friday, Sept. 26. If you're a growth stock investor

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