Planning Tip--How Will My Funded Status Be Affected?

As discussed in previous posts, your Funded Status is an easily calculated, robust metric used to measure your financial health in retirement. Measuring and monitoring your Funded Status annually can help you make countless financial decisions. In this post, we encourage you to think about how your Funded Status will be affected before making a significant financial decision.

Retirement Researcher Discusses why He Prefers Funded Ratio to Monte Carlo Modeling

As discussed in our post of February 21, 2025, pre-eminent retirement researcher Dr. Wade Pfau has become an actuarial approach convert. You can hear Dr. Pfau and Alex Murguia discuss why they prefer using the Funded Ratio [Status] to Monte Carlo modeling for retirement planning in Episode 168 of their podcast series.

Better Financial Management in Retirement Through Better Metrics

In several of our recent posts, we have been touting the Actuarial Approach and its use of the Funded Status metric to measure household financial health. This is another one of those posts.