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Retirement Capital Strategies, Inc.

San Jose, CASEC-registered investment adviserCRD 139009

Filed as RETIREMENT CAPITAL STRATEGIES, INC.

Retirement Capital Strategies, Inc. is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in San Jose, CA, registered since 2010, reporting $100 million to $500 million in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated April 21, 2026.

16 years
registered since 2010
$305,157,069
assets under management
3 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Hourly and more
3
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Retirement Capital Strategies, Inc. compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Retirement Capital Strategies, Inc. reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management; hourly charges; fixed fees (other than subscription fees).

Where is Retirement Capital Strategies, Inc. located?

Retirement Capital Strategies, Inc.'s principal office is in San Jose, CA, according to its Form ADV.

Is Retirement Capital Strategies, Inc. registered with the SEC or a state?

Retirement Capital Strategies, Inc. is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2010. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 139009.

How much does Retirement Capital Strategies, Inc. manage?

Retirement Capital Strategies, Inc. reports $305,157,069 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated April 21, 2026 (100% discretionary).

How have Retirement Capital Strategies, Inc.'s assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Retirement Capital Strategies, Inc.: Regulatory assets under management: $272,644,923 in the October 2021 data and $305,157,069 in the October 2026 data, up 12%. Total employees: 9 in October 2021 and 6 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Retirement Capital Strategies, Inc. serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (197); high net worth individuals (64); charitable organizations (1).

Which custodians does Retirement Capital Strategies, Inc. use?

Retirement Capital Strategies, Inc.'s most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. as a custodian holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Retirement Capital Strategies, Inc. report any disciplinary disclosures?

Reports 3 disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11: yes answers to 11.C(2) (SEC or CFTC finding of a violation), 11.C(4) (SEC or CFTC order), and 11.C(5) (SEC or CFTC civil money penalty or cease-and-desist order). Each question covers the firm and its advisory affiliates, and one event can produce several yes answers. The detail of any item is on the firm's SEC record: https://adviserinfo.sec.gov/firm/summary/139009

Does Retirement Capital Strategies, Inc. state an account minimum?

Its Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated April 21, 2026 says: "RCS requires a soft initial minimum account size of $750,000 and reserves the right to decline any potential client for any reason."

From the Form ADV filing

Every figure below is as the firm filed it with regulators, as of October 2026.

How the firm is compensated

Item 5.E
  • A percentage of assets under your management
  • Hourly charges
  • Fixed fees (other than subscription fees)

Item 5.E lists how the firm is compensated for its advice; Items 5.B, 6.A, and 7.A show whether its people or related companies can also earn commissions. Percentage of assets, fixed, hourly, subscription, and performance-based fees come from clients (a performance-based fee depends on investment results); commissions come with a sale or a trade, often from the company behind the product. How fees, commissions, and other arrangements differ

Fees and minimums

Form ADV Part 2A

The brochure lists different fees for different services or strategies; see the brochure for them.

Account minimum: $750,000

The brochure's wording
RCS requires a soft initial minimum account size of $750,000 and reserves the right to decline any potential client for any reason.

As stated in the firm's Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated April 21, 2026. Fees can differ by service and may be negotiable; the brochure is the complete statement. Read the brochure on the SEC's IAPD site

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$305,157,069

$305,157,069 as of October 2026, filing dated April 21, 2026.

Discretionary: $305,157,069.Non-discretionary: $0.

A measure of scale, not skill or returns. Discretionary means the firm decides trades; non-discretionary means clients approve each one. What assets under management means

Who the firm serves

Item 5.D
Individuals (other than high net worth individuals)
Clients 197 Assets $79,734,372 (26%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 64 Assets $218,903,509 (72%)
Banking or thrift institutions
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Investment companies
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Business development companies
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies)
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Charitable organizations
Clients 1 Assets $600,611 (0%)
State or municipal government entities (including government pension plans)
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Other investment advisers
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Insurance companies
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Sovereign wealth funds and foreign official institutions
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients 1 Assets $5,918,577 (2%)
Other
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)

A firm with no individual clients is an institutional manager even if it manages billions; the mix tells you whom the practice is built around.

Advisory services

Item 5.G
  • Financial planning services
  • Portfolio management for individuals and/or small businesses
  • Pension consulting services

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2010 (16 years)
Employees
Total: 6. Performing investment advisory functions: 2.
Wrap fee program participation
No.
Custodians (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3))

Custodians holding 10% or more of the firm's separately managed account assets, as filed on Form ADV (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)). A custodian holds client assets; it does not endorse or supervise the firm. AdvisorCensus has no relationship with any custodian.

States registered or notice-filed
5 states or jurisdictions
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SEC-registered investment advisers are examined by the SEC. SEC, state, and exempt registration

Disclosures

Item 11

3 Reports 3 disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11. View on IAPD.

Questions answered yes on this filing

Regulatory matters Items 11.C to 11.G

  • 11.C(2) Has the SEC or the CFTC ever found that the firm or an advisory affiliate was involved in a violation of SEC or CFTC regulations or statutes?
  • 11.C(4) Has the SEC or the CFTC ever entered an order against the firm or an advisory affiliate in connection with investment-related activity?
  • 11.C(5) Has the SEC or the CFTC ever imposed a civil money penalty on the firm or an advisory affiliate, or ordered the firm or an advisory affiliate to cease and desist from an activity?

Each question covers the firm and its advisory affiliates: its current employees other than clerical staff, its officers, partners, and directors, and anyone who controls the firm or is controlled by it. One event can produce yes answers to several questions. SEC-registered advisers and exempt reporting advisers may leave out events more than ten years old, and may answer 11.A(2) and 11.B(2) for pending charges only. What happened, and who was involved, is on the Disclosure Reporting Pages of the IAPD record. Reading a firm's disclosures

Assets and staff over time

Items 5.A, 5.F
$273M 2021 $296M 2022 $236M 2023 $265M 2024 $296M 2025 $305M 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$305,157,0696April 21, 2026
October 2025$295,517,7936March 20, 2025
October 2024$265,206,1306March 29, 2024
October 2023$236,401,2936August 2, 2023
October 2022$295,998,3917March 22, 2022
October 2021$272,644,9239March 30, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $272,644,923 in the October 2021 data and $305,157,069 in the October 2026 data, up 12%.

Total employees: 9 in October 2021 and 6 in October 2026.

As filed in each year's data for the same month. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going; they measure scale, not skill or returns. Most firms update these figures once a year.

Changes in the filing

Last 12 months

No changes to these filed facts in the last 12 months of filing data.

Compared month to month from the SEC's monthly adviser data and the state compilation feed. Owners and control persons are summarized, never named.

Websites listed on Form ADV

Item 1.I
golivewithtom.comlogin.bdreporting.com/Auth/RCS/SignInrcsadvisor.comretirementcapitalstrategies.comtalkmoneywithtom.com

Source: Form ADV, as of October 2026. Values appear as filed; a value the firm did not report is shown as "Not reported."

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AdvisorCensus. Retirement Capital Strategies, Inc. (CRD 139009): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
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