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Why You Might Regret Buying 3M Stock: 1 Better High-Yield Dividend Stock to Buy Now

By Jason Hall – May 18, 2024 at 5:03AM

Despite improvements in its business, the yield trap has been spring.

In this video, Motley Fool contributor Jason Hall breaks down the positives with 3M (MMM +2.61%) as well as the reasons dividend investors should avoid the stock. He also shares a high-yield dividend stock he thinks is a far better buy right now, Brookfield Infrastructure (BIP +0.26%)(BIPC +0.00%).

*Stock prices used were from the afternoon of May 17, 2024. The video was published on May 17, 2024.

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Jason Hall
Jason Hall is a contributing Motley Fool stock market analyst with more than a decade of experience writing about dividend stocks and long-term investing. He has been with the company since 2012 and previously spent over 10 years in technical sales in the printing and information services industry. Jason also founded and operated a small food manufacturing business.
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