Extending its impressive 16.4% rise in 2025, the S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) has soared more than 11.3% since the start of the year. While this is a cause for glee among investors who have seen many of their stocks flourish, those in the know recognize that the market can't rise forever. To prepare for the inevitable market downturn, therefore, many are turning to reliable dividend stocks to shore up their streams of passive income. Enterprise Products Partners (NYSE: EPD) is a common consideration. The midstream specialist is structured as a master limited partnership, so it doesn't pay a corporate dividend. Instead, it returns capital to investors through quarterly partnership cash distributions, which currently offer an attractive 6% forward yield, meaning a $5,000 investment today would yield about $302 over the next year. Though investors need to know that with MLPs, K-1s can be complicated and may require filing additional state tax returns, and can delay an investor's taxes as MLPs typically send K-1s in mid-March. Image source: Getty Images.
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