New Delhi, March 16 -- When markets are soaring, cash usually looks boring. It does not rally like stocks, shine like gold, or spark excitement like Bitcoin. But when panic hits and asset prices tumble, cash can suddenly become the most useful thing in an investor's portfolio. That is the point Rich Dad Poor Dad author Robert Kiyosaki tried to drive home in his latest post on X, where he argued that liquidity matters most when markets are in distress, not when they are flying high.

"CASH is not TRASH in a CRASH," Kiyosaki said in a post on X, distilling his view into a punchy line. The message was simple: in a market selloff, cash is not just safety. It is opportunity.

Kiyosaki linked that idea to Warren Buffett, saying the veteran inve...