Marriage and money matters

Taking on the responsibility of a spouse and later on, children can transform your approach toward investments.

There is a single defining moment in life that transforms your attitude toward financial planning and investing - its called marriage. Suddenly the casual approach goes out of the window and the vague concept of a future becomes a tangible reality with a stopwatch indicating the number of years to go for retirement. Here are some of the key aspects that you now need to consider.

1Assets: Buying your own home suddenly becomes top priority and this totally changes your perspective on money management.

2Credit: Ensuring a clean credit score gains importance as it can help or harm your prospects of borrowing funds going forward.

3Income: Will earnings of each spouse be deposited in individual bank accounts or together a joint account? Figure out how much to save and invest.

4Expenses: Setting a budget and deciding what account the milk and vegetables get paid from forces you to start thinking as a couple instead of an individual.

5Milestones: When to have children, how many, their education, marriage and finally your retirement. All these need to be factored in.

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