Why Brookfield Infrastructure Partners LP Could Be a Gold Mine for Income Investors

A high yield doesn't necessarily make a dividend stock great. A truly winning proposition for an income investor is a high-yield stock that also offers strong dividend growth and capital appreciation potential.

Such stocks can turn out to be gold mines for income investors in the long run, much like Brookfield Infrastructure Partners (NYSE: BIP), the infrastructure arm of alternative-asset manager Brookfield Asset Management (NYSE: BAM). Here are the three biggest reasons Brookfield Infrastructure is such an incredible dividend stock to own.

Brookfield stock has been a five-bagger since inception in 2008, but those returns would've looked much smaller if not for its dividends.

Source: Fool.com