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BROOKFIELD, News, July 18, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Brookfield Renewable (NYSE: BEP, BEPC; TSX: BEP.UN, BEPC) (“Brookfield Renewable”) today has announced that it will invest up to $1 billion to increase its equity interest to approximately 38% in Isagen S.A. E.S.P. (“Isagen”).

Leading billionaires are pouring capital into the infrastructure space. One leading billionaire investor just predicted that infrastructure investing is entering a "golden age." We explain how we are investing to take advantage of this emerging macro trend.

Dividend stocks can make great long-term investments. They've outperformed nonpayers by more than 2-to-1 over the past 50 years, with a 9.2% average annual return compared with 4.3%, according to data from Hartford Funds and Ned Davis Research.

The dividend yield on the S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) is approaching a record low. It's currently around 1.2%, near its low point hit in 2000.

Tariff risks are underappreciated by the market; persistently high tariffs could weigh on economic growth, and investor complacency is unwarranted. Slowing population growth and deportations threaten U.S. economic expansion, especially in labor-dependent sectors, as immigration is key to workforce and consumption growth. Utility-scale renewables remain resilient despite policy headwinds, with cost competitiveness and strong demand from major tech firms supporting continued growth.

Being able to buy and hold an investment for the long term comes with distinct advantages. It is rare to find stocks paying 5%+ yields that are well-suited to being buy-and-hold investments for the long term. I share two exceptions to this that are very attractive long-term investments.

With stocks in rally mode in recent months, the S&P 500 's dividend yield is declining. It's approaching 1.2%, which is near its record low, last hit in 2000.

Utility stocks were once called "widows and orphans" stocks because they were considered so safe and boring. That image isn't far from the view today, noting that utilities are generally looked at as reliable dividend stocks.