But, looking at how this book really didn't say anything different from RDPD, along with all the new "Rich Dad" books, I think that he is just simply capitalizing off a fad. Think about it! Isn't a coincidence that all these investing books and people who say "I made a milllion" are popping up all the sudden? You notice how real estate was the top thing in the 80's and how you rarely(only some infomercials) are seeing anything about real estate?

The best finance book that GIVES you technical answers is "Multiple Streams of Income" by Robert Allen. I would say that reading that along with "Rich Dad Poor Dad", and take action, that you will do well. But, after RDPD, I am starting to believe that is starting to test our wits!


Create the millionaire mindset   June 30, 2004
 37 out of 43 found this review helpful

According to the quote on the back of this book by Sharon Lechter;

"We can all have three types of financial plans; one is to be secure, one to be comfortable, and one is to be rich. RICH DAD'S GUIDE TO INVESTING is an inside look at an entrepreneur's financial plan to be rich."

I found the advice in this great book to be a lifesaver during the recent Clinton Bear Market and The Clinton Recession. While I saw many people lose money, massive amounts of money, I was able to shift assets into other investments and even securities and continue to make money while everybody was screaming BEAR MARKET.

I heard a statistic that during the 1987 stock market crash, while many lost their their fortunes, some became millionaires that very day. WHY? HOW? It certaintly wasn't from following conventional advice.

Kiyosaki is controversial. He is unconventional and that is great. If in fact everybody accepted his ideas, then I would be worried.

Rich Dad's Guide To Investing is a great book for anyone who thinks like an entrepreneur - who has or wants to create the millionaire mindset.

This book allows you to look inside the mind of a millionaire. But more than that, to look inside the philosophy of not just one rich man, but the philosophy and mindset of what creates millionaires.

Chapter 37- How a Sophisticated Investor Thinks is alone worth the price of the book.


Would you PLEASE bottle the end!   December 20, 2004
 37 out of 47 found this review helpful

The writing of this book is horrible. There is no flow and the stories repeat themseleves over and over. There are fluff lines like "I nodded" or "rich dad nodded" over and over to where you think you are in the movie Groundhog Day. There is NO specific advise in this book. It is all amorphous generalities with no point. I was expecting some math formulas, graphs, real-life examples and/or philosophy (such as investor patience, etc.) It just seemed to drag without ever going anywhere. The overwhelming premise of this and the other Rich Dad books are "saving and investing, going to school and working for a corporation" are for suckers. I know plenty of people who are well-off who have done one if not all of the three things above. This book preys on the lazy, ignorant and disenfranchised. If you want a guide that will help you no matter where you are in life financially read "Rich in America" by Jeff Maurer. Also for those of you that do not know, in 1992, Kiyosaki wrote a book called "If You Want to Be Rich and Happy, Don't Go To School"? It is "dedicated to Ralph H. Kiyosaki, former Superintendant of Education, State of Hawaii, the best teacher I ever had." This would be "Poor Dad." But Rich Dad Poor Dad, which came out in 1997, says pretty clearly that "Rich Dad was the best teacher he ever had. It seems like he not telling the truth about something.