In 1997, with his book, Father Riche, Father Poor, Robert T. Kiyosaki stifled his readers with the following statement: "Your home is not an asset." While shouting protests were on all sides at ... In a world of financial turbulence, your best asset is your financial IQ and here's how to increase it. In 1997, with its book, Father Wealthy, Father Poor Robert T. Kiyasaki stuttered its readers with the statement that "Your home isn't an asset". While shouting protests were on all sides of the world, the book has become an international bestseller, and it remains today the most popular financial book of all time. Rich Father, Poor Father is not a book that deals with real estate. It is a book that addresses the importance of financial education to protect you and your loved ones from the financial turbulence that Robert's rich father had anticipated. In 2007, when the real estate crash hit the United States and residential properties lost value or were taken over by mortgage creditors, millions of owners painfully discovered the wisdom contained in Robert's wealthy father's words. Today, we are all aware that a home can be a liability. Today, we all know that an individual can lose money on the stock market. Today, all of us know that the value of our money can fluctuate and that even savers can become losers. That's why financial intelligence is more important than ever.