Worried About Recession? 2 Top Dividend Stocks Built to Weather the Worst.
In this video, Motley Fool contributors Jason Hall and Tyler Crowe explain why investors can sleep well at night owning Enterprise Products Partners (NYSE: EPD) and Brookfield Infrastructure (NYSE: BIP)(NYSE: BIPC) for dividends, regardless of whether we see a deep recession.
*Stock prices used were from the afternoon of April 17, 2025. The video was published on April 30, 2025.
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Should you invest $1,000 in Enterprise Products Partners right now?
Before you buy stock in Enterprise Products Partners, consider this:
The Motley Fool Stock Advisor analyst team just identified what they believe are the 10 best stocks for investors to buy now… and Enterprise Products Partners wasn't one of them. The 10 stocks that made the cut could produce monster returns in the coming years.
Consider when Netflix made this list on December 17, 2004... if you invested $1,000 at the time of our recommendation, you'd have $607,048!* Or when Nvidia made this list on April 15, 2005... if you invested $1,000 at the time of our recommendation, you'd have $668,193!*
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*Stock Advisor returns as of April 28, 2025
Jason Hall has positions in Brookfield Infrastructure, Brookfield Infrastructure Partners, and Enterprise Products Partners and has the following options: long December 2025 $25 calls on Brookfield Infrastructure Partners. Tyler Crowe has positions in Brookfield Infrastructure Partners and Enterprise Products Partners. The Motley Fool recommends Brookfield Infrastructure Partners and Enterprise Products Partners. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy. Jason Hall is an affiliate of The Motley Fool and may be compensated for promoting its services. If you choose to subscribe through their link, they will earn some extra money that supports their channel. Their opinions remain their own and are unaffected by The Motley Fool.
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