By the evening of June 1 2025, the benchmark S&P500 stock market index was essentially flat year-to-date (YTD), and the prominent author and investor, Robert Kiyosaki, voiced his belief that its next move would be a collapse.
Indeed, in an X post published on the day, the ‘Rich Dad Poor Dad’ writer issued a stark warning that the year’s summer would feature ‘the biggest crash in history’ that he predicted in a different book a decade earlier.
Simultaneously, Kiyosaki forecasted that millions of people would be wiped out in an apparently then-imminent stock and bond market crash.
Here’s how the U.S. stock market performed since Kiyosaki predicted a summer crash
Reality, however, disagreed with the best-selling author. The subsequent summer months of 2025 saw the S&P 500 rally 12.77% from 5,935 on June 2 – the first trading day after the X post – to 6,693 on September 22 – the last day of summer.
Through the entire year, the benchmark index soared 16.39%, and the positive performance persisted into 2026.
Specifically, the S&P 500 is up 10.81% YTD this year, and rose a total of 28.03% since Robert Kiyosaki’s June 2025 prediction from 5,935 to 7,599.
How Robert Kiyosaki’s favored assets performed since June 1, 2025
Elsewhere, the performance of the assets the ‘Rich Dad’ author has repeatedly named as the wiser investments has been mixed.
Bitcoin (BTC) – Kiyosaki’s most-discussed cryptocurrency – declined 33.84% from $104.914 to $69,409. Ethereum (ETH) fell 22.14% from $2,538,97 to $1,976.88.
On the side of commodities, the best-selling writer has had better luck. Gold – and the asset Robert Kiyosaki previously dubbed ‘God’s money’ – soared 37.11% from $3,381.87 to $4,530.48, and Silver – his other favored precious metal – fared just as well with a 119.91% rise from $34.76 to $76.44.
Meanwhile, ‘fake money’ – the American dollar – dropped by 0.30%, judging by the performance of the U.S. Dollar Index (DXY) over the last 12 months.
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