When savvy investors ‘hide’ money from their spouses

The turnover of their annual trades probably exceeded their job incomes – the man is a procurement manager while his former wife runs a hair salon. PHOTO ILLUSTRATION: ISTOCKPHOTO
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When the marriage of an investment-savvy couple hits the rocks, it is not uncommon for one or both parties to allege that secret deals are being done to squirrel money away.

This was what happened in a recent divorce involving two stock market players in their 50s who had $3 million in their share trading accounts.

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