Dividend stocks are a staple of every income investor's portfolio, but don't dismiss them as a retiree's investment only. Dividend stocks have a role to play in any portfolio, no matter the investor's age or financial circumstances. The reason: compounding.

“Each decade has seen varying degrees of contribution, but the biggest takeaway is that dividends matter to a long-term investor,” says John Gomez, the founder of Brentview Investment Management, a boutique money manager with a singular focus on dividend growth investing.

At the same time, there's plenty of room for dividend stock investors to go wrong, from choosing companies with unreliable dividends to fixating on the dividend yield alone. “Today’s dividend investor has to focus on the resilience of the company that is paying that discretionary dividend payment,” Gomez says.

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