What’s Your Financial IQ?

1. Which of the following is not an asset?
1. Gold
2. The Corvette you bought for your 40th birthday
3. A business
4. Wheat


2. On average, Americans save how much of their income?
1. Enough to buy a new flat screen TV
2. Why save when you own a house?
3. They don’t save. They owe.


3. A retirement plan that is paid for by your employer is known as a:
1. Defined benefit plan
2. A miracle
3. Both


4. What kind of income is the hardest to protect from financial predators such as taxes?

1. The dividends that just got cut from the financial stocks you bought
2. The $50 and rocking CD collection you inherited from your uncle Craig
3. The forty hours worth of cash your company pays you for sixty hours of work


5. What is the best way to create a budget surplus?
1. Cut down on expenses by buying a fuel efficient car
2. Get a higher paying job to make more money
3. Saving and investing before paying your bills


6. An example of leveraging your money is:
1. Putting money in an interest bearing savings account
2. Buying investment real estate with a bank loan
3. Going to a local casino.


7. The best way to invest is in a diverse portfolio of stocks, bonds, and mutual funds. True or False?

8. The key to becoming wealthy is:
1. Only having two scotches per night
2. Buying high and selling low
3. Selling the CD collection you inherited from Uncle Craig
4. Increasing your financial intelligence

Answers: 1. (B) 2. (C) 3. (C) 4. (C) 5. (C) 6. (B) 7. (False) 8. (D)


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Get Smarter with Your Money
By Robert T. Kiyosaki
ISBN: 0-446-50936-1 ISBN 13: 978-0-446-50936-7 $16.99 (In Canada: $19.75) Pub: 3/26/2008

ROBERT T. KIYOSAKI has firmly believed that the best investment one can ever make is in taking the time to truly understand how their finances work. Too many people are more interested in finding quick-hitting schemes or shortcuts to real wealth. Now, in his latest book, RICH DAD’S INCREASE YOUR FINANCIAL IQ, Kiyosaki provides his five key principles of Financial Intelligence that will have readers building their own wealth in no time. Discover:

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