In a live interview with MarketWatch, the best-selling author gives advice on how to get rich and what to invest in now.
Rich Dad’ author Robert Kiyosaki: If you’re investing for the long term, ‘you’re crazy’
Robert Kiyosaki, author of several best-selling books including “Rich Dad Poor Dad,” joined MarketWatch for a live interview on Facebook today.
He offered up insights on making money, becoming an entrepreneur and even touched on politics.
Here are some highlights from the talk, or you can listen to the full interview here.
His advice on how to get rich:
“The rich do not work for money. Most people do not understand that, because they’re taught to go to school and get a job for money. The rich don’t work for money.
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And one of the reasons for that is money is no longer money. One of the reasons for that is in 1971, President Nixon took the U.S. Dollar off the gold standard and basically screwed the world. It’s bad for the poor and middle class. As Bernie Sanders said, ‘wealth and income inequality is the greatest moral crisis facing America as well as the world today.’
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The European Central Bank and the Bank of Japan are relying on stimulus packages that include a negative deposit rate to fuel inflation and revive the economy. ECB President Mario Draghi and BOJ Governor Haruhiko Kuroda have both argued that they have the scope to cut rates further below zero if needed, even as the debate about risks and side effects of the policy gains momentum.
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