If you're a dividend investor, now can be an ideal time to go bargain-hunting. The stock market is in the midst of a broad sell-off, with investors dumping all types of stocks, both bad ones and good ones.

Dividend stocks are still a good investment right now, even though many investors are focusing on buying the dip. However, you should have a good portion of your portfolio in defensive stocks since many expect a technical recession or more.

Investors and traders might focus on the reasons behind periods of decline or higher volatility in the stock market. But long-term investors have always needed to weather stock-market storms, regardless of political trends.