3 Dividend Aristocrats to Buy and Hold Forever

There are thousands of publicly traded companies, but the stock market is anchored by large, established businesses. They can anchor your portfolio, too. Many of these businesses have reliable sources of revenue and do well exerting control over the factors within reach. That allows them to return value to shareholders through short-term stock buybacks or long-term dividend streams. And that can go a long way toward helping you build wealth.

We recently asked three Motley Fool contributors for a leading Dividend Aristocrat on their radars. Here's why they chose energy major Air Products & Chemicals (NYSE: APD), water and hygiene conglomerate Ecolab (NYSE: ECL), and spice and flavor house McCormick (NYSE: MKC).

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