Sentences with phrase «so rule of thumb»

So the rule of thumb for disability insurance is you can expect to pay anywhere from 2 % to 4 % of your gross income in premiums per year, so it's probably a bit pricier than most people are expecting.

That also implies that percentage changes in the new VIX should be about 86 % of the changes in the old VIX, so my rule of thumb applied to the new VIX would be, «The percentage change in the new VIX is usually about 8.6 times the percentage change in the S&P 500, and with the opposite sign.»

So rule of thumb is, be open minded and don't expect too much.

«My favorite color is blue, so rule of thumb is if you don't use the exact same color for your hands and toes — use a lighter hue or shade on your hands and darker on your toes.»

So the rule of thumb is: if you are comfortable eating sushi or sashimi, go ahead and try ceviche.

Not exact matches

As a rule of thumb, your users / customers should spend the least amount of time possible trying to use your product or service, so they can spend the majority of their time enjoying it.

The most useful mental models and rules of thumb, in other words, are often dead simple, which is why an interview Adam Bryant of The New York Times did with Dropbox co-founder and CEO Drew Houston earlier this year is so helpful (hat tip to Business Insider for the pointer).

It's a good rule of thumb to let your audience know that you'll be getting in touch with them soon, so don't be all hush - hush about your marketing strategy.

«Users don't read most of the copy, so it's a good rule of thumb to repeat yourself and include help text on every single page.

Don't expect the IRS to accept a defense based only on the so - called valuation rules of thumb, the industry guidelines that sometimes appear in textbooks or industry newsletters.

So start with the roughest rule of thumb: by adding three months» worth of gross revenues to the value of hardware, software, and equipment.

For years underwriters had balanced the countervailing imperatives by hewing to a general rule of thumb: value the deal so that the stock will jump about 15 % on the first day of trading.

The total lost income to households is reported in three components — a so - called rule of thumb lost wages, lost wage growth, and lost retirement assets.

So here's the thumb rule: For every 1 % change in interest rates, the price of the bond will decline by (approximately) its duration, in percent.

(Important Note: Not all advertisers are smart, so don't blindly use this rule of thumb.)

As a rule of thumb any sudden spike in traffic in either direction is bad news, and so the service should be avoided.

This will come with a cost to get everything setup, so a good rule of thumb is if you need more than $ 50,000 to fund your business, Rollovers for Business Start - up is a great option.

So a good rule of thumb is: Do your own local market research?

In our experiences strong sales leaders are more willing to give up some salary for a big performance - based payday, so a good rule of thumb is to negotiate a salary that is an average of their last three years «guaranteed income.

NO, I wasn't there so the only «facts» I know are what is written in this article but as a rule - of - thumb discussions regarding political views, religion, etc are best left out of the office.

And when I run a team of adults, we are all professionals... and so, I lay the general approach, and perhaps the rules - of - thumb, and they are turned loose to run their sections of the investigation.

So says Matt Blakenship over at Ricochet, prompted in part by the removal of a Milton, Shakespeare, and Chaucer requirement at UCLA by idiotically ideologue English faculty raving on about «Empire» and such.My rule of thumb for many years has been: a desire for undergraduate major in....

So, although he would do certain things by rule - of - thumb experience — plough after sowing, protect the field from birds or wandering animals, etc. — for the most part after sowing he went his daily round with his prayers said, his fingers crossed and a wary eye on the field.

3) My preference is for pastels, rather than really strong colours, and the rule of thumb I use is to add enough to get it to the colour I want, then add about as much again, bearing in mind you're adding so much white.

A good rule of thumb is to let the bread rise to the top of your pan before baking; a slower, cooler rise to that level will produce a better loaf, so make sure it isn't rising in too warm of a spot.

As a rule of thumb, fresh delicate herbs won't tolerate the long stint at high temps in the oven, so it's best to «finish» the dish once the vegetables have been removed from the oven and are being served with a sprinkle of the freshly chopped parsley, cilantro, basil, mint, etc..

One rule of thumb is to avoid Chinese capacitors at all costs, I wonder if the Chinese military relies on homegrown caps or if they outsource that to Taiwan and Japan... As silly as that may sound an actual war could easily hinge on something so silly.

TLDR: In the «real world» so called rules of thumb can be more accurate than multiple regression models.

Of course, so does sleep, romance, attention, friends, time, money, Saturday mornings (let's stop here; a general rule of thumb is never add it all upOf course, so does sleep, romance, attention, friends, time, money, Saturday mornings (let's stop here; a general rule of thumb is never add it all upof thumb is never add it all up).

You will have alcohol in your milk as long as you have it in your blood, so you should follow the same rule of thumb as you would for deciding if it is safe to drive after drinking.

An oft - quoted rule of thumb is to invite two children for your child's second birthday, three for his third birthday, and so on.

This may differ slightly if your milk takes longer to «come in», so as a rule of thumb if you are still producing colostrum 1 - 2 wet nappies is ok.

So, although no hard and fast rule applies to all babies across the board, Baby Center offers a rule of thumb for calculating how many ounces of formula your newborn should eat in 24 hours: multiply your baby's weight times 2.5 ounces.

A good rule of thumb if you are nursing at the breast, too, is to count how many times your baby nurses in a day, and to be sure to make up that amount with a combined amount of nursings and pumpings (so if you nurse 9 times, and you nurse 5 times at home, you should pump 4 times at work.)

There's a rule of thumb if you can not pronounce the ingredients odds are good that that product is not good for your baby or you so definitely I encourage parents try and go non-toxic as possible.

So the general rule of thumb is no bubble bath.

A good rule of thumb, however, when a woman experiences an upset stomach, is to try and take the prenatal vitamin at night so then she is sleeping through the nausea part.

If this is your first baby, you have no idea how fast your labor will progress, so being safe rather than sorry is the best rule of thumb.

One rule of thumb for buying toppings on a salad bar: you always need less than you think, so go small.

A common rule of thumb is to always have 3 to 4 maternity or nursing bras on hand so you always have a clean, dry bra available.

A good rule of thumb is to introduce new foods to your baby one food at a time, and preferably one every two days or so while you watch for reactions and allergy signs such as sneezing, runny nose, a rash, or a change in stool.

So, a good rule of thumb is to drink a cup of water each time you have a watery bowel movement to ensure that you're properly hydrated.

So, the old rule of thumb for recruiting via social networks still applies: move those people onto your email list as fast as you can get them to sign a petition.

So before we all stampede straight off to talking about specific tools like usual, let's think instead for a minute about some basic guidelines — rules of thumb which can apply equally whether we're working on behalf of a candidate or a cause, and that'll stay relevant as technology evolves.

As per the rule of thumb, 80 - 90 % of campaign money is normally spent on media, I don't think so.

So that's my rule of thumb: a change in Tory support, up or down, by less than 5 %, can't be declared as «real» as it could just as easily be sampling variability.

«Another good rule of thumb is that if the headaches are interfering with a child's normal routine, then it is time to get them evaluated, so therapy can be instituted to return your child's life to normal.»

«One of the more exciting aspects of this is that we can make predictions so quickly and turn experiments around so rapidly that we can afford to investigate materials that don't follow our normal rules of thumb about whether a material will form a glass or not,» said paper co-author Jason Hattrick - Simpers, a materials research engineer at NIST.

A good rule of thumb is to hit the smaller muscles only after you've finished with the heavy lifting and drained all energy from the big ones, so never place isolation movements which tire out the small muscles before compound exercises.

«As a general rule of thumb, aim to drink at least your body weight number in ounces of water each day (so a 140 - pound woman should drink 140 ounces).