Investor

Investor is a perk that becomes available when you reach 70 in the Speech skill. Using this perk allows you to invest 500 in certain shops and merchants.

This means that the shops you have invested in will have 500 more with which to barter.

You may also invest in the shop that your spouse owns.

Effect
Can invest 500 with a shopkeeper to increase his or her available funds permanently.

Requirement
Speech 70

Exploits

 * In a unique case, Lucan Valerius in Riverwood Trader will have a sum of 10,000 or more.
 * Unique case needed.
 * For those who prefer to have as little 'Days Passed/Hours Waited/Slept', restarting the game (must exit to the PS Start Screen, not the game's Title Screen), then selecting Continue; one can restock any Merchant's funds,rendering this perk as well as Master Trader redundant (Merchant's funds revert to previous values pre-restart if any saves are loaded, excluding the first Continue.
 * Save game, then kill a merchant. Reload the game and the merchant will be fully stocked with new items and funds.

Bugs

 * With Merchants (Skyrim) listed below you can make unlimited Investments, but they might not restock more than 500.
 * Angeline Morrard in Solitude
 * Warmaiden's (Ulfberth War-Bear) in Whiterun. (After Investing in his wife Adrianne Avenicci outside, he will no longer take multiple investments)
 * sometimes the Dragonborn may be unable to invest in his/her spouse.
 * Ghorza gra-Bagol (Blacksmith in Markarth) will agree to allow you to invest, but then the dialog for you to do so may only show the back-out option.