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The Retirement Guys Formula

Maumee, OHSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 168561

Filed as THE RETIREMENT GUYS FORMULA · Legal name The Retirement Guys Formula LLC

The Retirement Guys Formula is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Maumee, OH, registered since 2020, reporting $100 million to $500 million in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated September 8, 2026.

6 years
registered since 2020
$276,913,975
assets under management
4 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Hourly and more
3
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is The Retirement Guys Formula compensated?

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

What does The Retirement Guys Formula's brochure say about its fees?

Its Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated February 13, 2026 states: Asset-based fee: 1% to 2% a year (a range, as the brochure states it). Fees can differ by service and may be negotiable; the brochure is the complete statement.

Where is The Retirement Guys Formula located?

The Retirement Guys Formula's principal office is in Maumee, OH, according to its Form ADV; the October 2026 filing also lists 3 other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F).

Is The Retirement Guys Formula registered with the SEC or a state?

The Retirement Guys Formula is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2020. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 168561.

How much does The Retirement Guys Formula manage?

The Retirement Guys Formula reports $276,913,975 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated September 8, 2026 (100% discretionary).

How have The Retirement Guys Formula's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for The Retirement Guys Formula: Regulatory assets under management: $147,557,783 in the October 2021 data and $276,913,975 in the October 2026 data, up 88%. Total employees: 11 in October 2021 and 7 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does The Retirement Guys Formula serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (1,122); high net worth individuals (30); corporations or other businesses not listed above (2).

Which custodians does The Retirement Guys Formula use?

The Retirement Guys Formula'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 The Retirement Guys Formula report any disciplinary disclosures?

Reports 3 disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11: yes answers to 11.D(1) (another regulator's finding of a false statement or omission, or of dishonest, unfair, or unethical conduct), 11.D(2) (another regulator's finding of a violation), and 11.D(4) (another regulator's order in the past ten years). 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/168561

What changed in The Retirement Guys Formula's recent Form ADV filings?

In the October 2026 filing data: Registered or notice-filed in NE.

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)
  • Other

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

Asset-based fee: 1% to 2% a year (a range, as the brochure states it)

The brochure's wording
Generally, Asset Management fees will range from 1.00% to 2.00% per annum. Still, fees outside this range may be negotiated, as the stated range is a general guide.

As stated in the firm's Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated February 13, 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
$276,913,975

$276,913,975 as of October 2026, filing dated September 8, 2026.

Discretionary: $276,913,975.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 1,122 Assets $223,776,381 (81%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 30 Assets $52,302,274 (19%)
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 $328,400 (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 2 Assets $506,920 (0%)
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
  • Selection of other advisers (including private fund managers)

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Legal name
The Retirement Guys Formula LLC
Also doing business as
AMERICA'S RETIREMENT HEADQUARTERS, BULL MOOSE RETIREMENT, EISERT WEALTH MANAGEMENT
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2020 (6 years)
Employees
Total: 7. Performing investment advisory functions: 7.
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.

Other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F)
3 other offices, as of the October 2026 filing
Cincinnati, OHDayton, OHSylvania, OH
States registered or notice-filed
11 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.D(1) Has another federal regulator, a state regulator, or a foreign financial regulator ever found that the firm or an advisory affiliate made a false statement or omission, or was dishonest, unfair, or unethical?
  • 11.D(2) Has another federal regulator, a state regulator, or a foreign financial regulator ever found that the firm or an advisory affiliate was involved in a violation of investment-related regulations or statutes?
  • 11.D(4) In the past ten years, has another federal regulator, a state regulator, or a foreign financial regulator entered an order against the firm or an advisory affiliate in connection with investment-related 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
$148M 2021 $188M 2022 $201M 2023 $250M 2024 $301M 2025 $277M 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$276,913,9757September 8, 2026
October 2025$300,603,83810February 25, 2025
October 2024$250,070,52013September 19, 2024
October 2023$200,948,93812August 10, 2023
October 2022$187,631,59313June 21, 2022
October 2021$147,557,78311August 3, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $147,557,783 in the October 2021 data and $276,913,975 in the October 2026 data, up 88%.

Total employees: 11 in October 2021 and 7 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
  1. October 2026
    • Registered or notice-filed in NE.
  2. March 2026
    • No longer lists the business name Retire Pittsburgh.
    • Employees performing advisory functions went from 10 to 7.
    • No longer lists an office in Murrysville, PA.
    • No longer lists an office in Pittsburgh, PA.
    • No longer lists an office in Zelienople, PA.
  3. December 2025
    • Registered or notice-filed in CO.

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
americasretirementacademy.comamericasretirementheadquarters.combullmoosewealth.comeisertwealthmanagement.comretirementguysformula.comretirepittsburgh.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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