Thursday, April 26, 2007

Robert Kiyosaki's company is called the Rich Dad Company.

Rich Dad Company's Chief Communication Offier is Phillip Lechter and he was interviewed on his learning and experiences joining Rich Dad Company.

The 1st part of a series of video clips for the interview can be found here.

Wednesday, April 25, 2007

The importance of financial literacy has heightened over the years. Robert Kiyosaki speaks extensively about it and April is the month of Financial Literacy in the US.

So what else is being done to drive the message even further?

How about making a law to make it compulsory to teach financial knowledge in school?
Well, this is what is happening as reported here.

Tuesday, April 24, 2007

Robert Kiyosaki defines that there are 3 kind of people:
1. non-investor
2. passive investor
3. active investor

Of the 3, the non-investor and passive investor faces the most risk because they have no control over the investments they are in.

Find out what are the factors which you should control in your investment to be classified as an active investor.

Monday, April 23, 2007

Robert Kiyosaki is a millionaire. He is financially free and has load of money.

But have you wonder what has all these money bought Robert Kiyosaki?

Well, according to him in this article, money has brought him a good lifestyle. A lifestyle which he enjoyed. And it is not a lifestyle of the lazy.


What about you? What kind of lifestyle do you want if you have the financial means?


Saturday, April 21, 2007


Do you have a success strategy? What is your success strategy?


In Robert Kiyosaki's context, one of his success strategy is fearlessness.

He is different from the average man in the street who is fearful of losing money. They fear losing money that they do not take any action when facing with investment decisions.


Robert Kiyosaki relates in this article why he does not fear losing money.

Friday, April 20, 2007

I didn't know that they have a Financial Literacy Month in the US.

Seems like financial literacy is a very important subject in the US right now, such that they have declare the month of April as the National Financial Literacy Month in the US.

So who can you as parents do in the month of April to teach your kid about finance?
Read this article.

Thursday, April 19, 2007

Interested to start your own business?
Instead of starting everything from scratch, why don't be a franchisee? It will help to jumpstart your business.

But when presented with a franchise opportunity, do you know how to evaluate why the franchise is a financially viable? Read this article to find out more.

Wednesday, April 18, 2007

This is a great interactive animation of Robert Kiyosaki's cashflow game!
You gotta have a look at this.

Tuesday, April 17, 2007

Robert Kiyosaki wrote an article titled "Investing - why values matters more than price" in Yahoo Finance column some time back.

In this article, he pointed out some differing investing behaviours between an amatuer and a true investor. I have to admint I am an amatuer and committed inappropriate investing habits as pointed out in the article.

Monday, April 16, 2007

Do you invest and let money work hard for you?
Do you have a plan on how you would invest your money in?
Do you have a strategy on how to invest?

Find out here what are the few long term investing strategies which might be helpful in your investment.

Saturday, April 14, 2007

I sometimes invest into stocks based on recommendations from co-workers and friends. As I didn't really do a proper research into the stocks itself, I often find myself reacting to changes in prices of the stock based on my emotions against the change. Often, I regretted making a decision based my emotions.

For example, sometimes I would hold on to the stock even though the price has dropped and the prospect of the company isn't vry good. Instead of relying on the fundamental analysis, I was driven more by my emotions.

Are you like me too? If yes, then you should read this article, that talks about emotional investing and how to control it.

Thursday, April 12, 2007

Robert Kiyoskai stated that financial literacy is the key to finanical success.

To become financially literate does not have to mean that you have to know A-Z about financial and money stuffs.

You can start small by learning about the 12 principles of personal financial literacy.

Wednesday, April 11, 2007

Do you know that Robert Kiyosaki has his own TV show?

This video clip is the recording of the viewing of the premier of the Robert Kiyosaki TV show in Kiyosaki's house.

Tuesday, April 10, 2007

Smart business owner are always looking for sound financial advices, which can help in their financial success.

With some financial experts out there, how do you find one financial advisor that can provide you with adequate, necessary and timely financial advices that will help in your business and quest toward financial success?

Here are 9 areas to consider when choosing the right financial advisor for you and your business.

Monday, April 09, 2007

When Robert Kiyosaki mentioned about the rich know how to leverage other people's money to build their own wealth, the first example that came to my mind is taking a loan from the bank to buy assets.

However, if you are building a business, besides taking a loan from the bank, you can also try to raise fund through angel investors or venture capitalists.

Find out in this article what is the difference between these two, and how they can help to fund your business.

Sunday, April 08, 2007

Do you know that when Robert Kiyosaki want to grow his business, he tried out the traditional method of growing his company by hiring more staff, but it didn't work well?

He eventually change his way of growing his business from the traditional method to the new business model of franchising.

Find out why he chooses franchising as the way to grow his business and what is the advantage of this business model for him.

Saturday, April 07, 2007

You are an employee earning a comfortable monthly pay.Your monthly salary is just adequate for your current lifestyle and you are just getting along fine.

So should you follow what Robert Kiyosaki suggested that to achieve financial freedom, you need to move to the B and I quadrant? Should you start your own business instead of being a salaried worker? Maybe no?

See this interesting video and find out why the reason to consider starting your own business.

Friday, April 06, 2007

Dying to start off your own small business, so that you can move from the E Quadrant to the B quadrant of the Cashflow Quadrant?

Try out this simple lemonade game to guage if you are up to the mark or not.

Thursday, April 05, 2007

I know I must educate myself on the financial matters so that I can have the adequate financial knowledge to make judgements on my journey to my financial success. I know that I need to have a goal and then chart a plan to achieve the goal. But I am not sure if when will I be able to achieve my financial success if I earn and invest. Will I live to enjoy my success? And how can I speed things up?

Well, seems like one important concept that I found at this site, that can be of help to me is learning how to use leverage to build up my wealth. Leverage on other people's time, leverage on other people's knowledge and other people's money! Robert Kiyosaki mentioned that in his book "Rich Dad, Poor Dad" - OPT and OPM.

Guess I have to start opening my eyes and mind on how to start leveraging on other people's resources!

Wednesday, April 04, 2007

You want to be an investor, the I quadrant of the Cashflow Quadrant, to let money work hard for you, in order to reach your financial goal faster.

However, take note of these 9 common mistakes most people have about investing.

Tuesday, April 03, 2007

A video recording of the Cashflow game day at the Rich Dad company.

Monday, April 02, 2007

Instead of playing stocks for just capital gain, go for dividend paying stocks as well.
With the dividends payout from the stocks, the sum of money which you invested also get reduced and yet you are potentially playing for the same capital gain.

In fact, dividend paying stocks can outperform non-dividend paying stocks.

Here's 5 other reasons why you should have dividend paying stocks in your portfolio.

Sunday, April 01, 2007

Most people play stocks by going for capital gain, either by buying low and selling at a higher price to get a profit, or "short" the stock if they think the price is going down.

However, there is another strategy that not only invest for capital gain but also for dividends from the stocks. And don't under-estimate the difference the dividend factor made for the investment.

Find out how you should invest into stocks which has good dividend payout.