Like Dividends? I Bet You'll Love These 3 Stocks

There are a lot of reasons to love dividends. Besides providing a source of income, companies that pay -- or better yet, grow -- dividends do so knowing they have confidence that the business will continue to provide sufficient cash flow in the future. 

Three such companies that also have strong business prospects are industrial supplier Fastenal (NASDAQ: FAST), steelmaker Nucor (NYSE: NUE), and infrastructure play Brookfield Infrastructure Partners (NYSE: BIP). Dividends are never guaranteed, but investors in these three companies get income that has been reliable over the long haul.

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