It got me thinking for quite some time, if you are a budding investor but your significant other isn't interested or knowledgeable about it, what should you do?

Maybe your boyfriend is not aware that you have an existing portfolio. Or your wife is focused on her day-to-day life and not willing to take the risks.

Or let us even assume that both you and your partner have seen the benefits and risks of being invested and chosen to invest together.

What then? Should you invest together? Or have your own separate portfolios?

Let us first talk about the various benefits of investing as a couple.

1. Having more capital / dividends

This is the first benefit. When you invest together as a couple, you are able to invest in more shares from the beginning as your purchasing power is doubled. For example maybe you have $2,000 and your partner ......