Don’t eat a day and don’t buy silver, says Robert Kiyosaki as he warns of the biggest market crash yet

What if the path to financial education starts with skipping meals? This is the unusual advice of Robert Kiyosaki, author of Rich Dad Poor Dad. In a recent post on X, Kiyosaki said that if people don’t have $10 to spare, they should skip eating for a day and use that money to buy real silver, arguing that even small purchases can be the first step toward learning about and investing in money.

He added that anyone could go to a gold and silver dealer and buy $10 worth of what he called “junk real silver” such as dimes and quarters. Beyond the metal, Kiyosaki said the visit could provide something more valuable — financial education from dealers who want long-term customers.

His unorthodox tip comes with a stark warning about the global financial system. Kiyosaki said he sounded the alarm years ago in his 2013 book Rich Dad’s Prophecy, where he predicted the biggest stock market crash in history was yet to come.

Now in 2026, he says he hopes he’s wrong. But Kiyosaki fears that a crash could eventually occur because the root causes behind the 2008 global financial crisis were never determined. According to him, the next recession could be even bigger.

Kiyosaki recalled appearing on a CNN program hosted by Wolf Blitzer in 2008, where he predicted the collapse of Lehman Brothers just days before.

Looking ahead, he believes the next crisis could be triggered by what he describes as a private credit “Ponzi scheme” linked to BlackRock. If it unravels, he warned, the fallout could be swift and devastating, potentially wiping out the retirement savings of baby boomers around the world as debt levels remain extremely high.

Against this backdrop, Kiyosaki says he prefers tangible assets. He continues to recommend investments in cryptocurrencies such as gold, silver, bitcoin, and ethereum, as well as real oil wells.

Still, silver remains his favorite starting point. Their logic is simple: even in 2026, almost anyone can afford it.

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Kiyosaki has long been a silver bull. They are constantly vocal about their confidence in silver not only as an industrial metal but also as a hedge against inflation and fiat currency depreciation.

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