Make it your mission to always contribute X amount every month and consistently increase the savings
amount by a percentage or several until it hurts.
A more gentle approach is to start with a lower number — say, 5 % — and gradually increase
that amount by a percentage point every quarter until you reach your savings target.
Under comparative negligence, the percentage of fault you are found responsible for will directly reduce your awarded settlement
amount by that percentage.
Not exact matches
The borrower repays the advance and loan fee
by allowing the lender to take a fixed
percentage of business credit card sales each day until the entire
amount is repaid.
If rates rise across the board
by one
percentage point, it would
amount to about $ 91 billion a year in extra income and thus extra spending money for these people and businesses.
Fortune ran numbers to calculate how much extra revenue the U.S. would need to raise, over the next decade, if it lowered the rate of growth in Social Security
by one
percentage point, reduced increases in Medicare, Medicaid, and other health care spending
by a proportional
amount, and held discretionary spending below growth in GDP (albeit from the higher base established
by the new laws).
Just divide your estimated costs
by your own
percentage to determine the
amount of sales revenue you'll need to breakeven.
The rates are based on a
percentage of the streaming company's revenue or total content costs, agreed upon payment
amounts by all parties.
Excess return: the
amount by which a portfolio's performance exceeds its benchmark, net (in the case of the analysis in this article) or gross of operating expenses, in
percentage points.
Because I think China's nominal GDP growth has been overstated
by a substantial
amount because of its systematic failure to write down bad loans, I usually have subtracted 2 - 4
percentage points from the nominal GDP growth rate before I did my very rough calculation.
One of the things that appeals to me the most about this Cash Reserve method is that the
amount of stock assets I have in my portfolio is determined not
by some arbitrary
percentage, but, instead,
by how much I income I spend each month after taking Social Security benefits and pension income into account.
China has managed to meet the GDP growth target of 6.7 percent, the level of economic activity presumably needed to keep unemployment from rising, only
by increasing total debt
by a frightening
amount equal to a 40 — 45
percentage points of GDP.
In the case of personal income taxes, the government has reduced the lowest tax rate
by 1
percentage point, increased the basic personal
amount and increased the lowest two tax brackets.
Unlike some other forgiveness programs that simply waive any remaining debt after a longer period of time, Perkins Loan Cancellations are evaluated on a year -
by - year basis, and you could have either a
percentage or the full
amount of your balance canceled.
Uber fell afoul of incomplete reporting to the CPUC in a breakdown of ride statistics for numbers of rides requested and accepted
by zip code; the origin and destination zip codes for each trip and the
amount paid or donated; the number and
percentage of customers who requested accessible vehicles, and how often Uber could meet the request; and submitting a report on issues with drivers and causes of incidents, and the
amount of insurance paid
by any party other than Uber for each incident.
By keeping your investment
amount to these
percentages, it would take around 10 successive losing trades to wipe out all your investment capital.
Upon opening a trade
by choosing «high» or «low», the trader is presented with a real - time graphic tick chart automatically which allows him / her to follow the trade's progress, the time left to the end, the entry price, current price, as well as the payout which is displayed either in
percentage or in dollar
amount.
The bottom row of the chart expresses the differences as a
percentage of the benefit
amount received
by claiming at your FRA for someone born in the years from 1943 to 1954.7
In order to figure out what
percentage of your income you're saving for retirement, add the
amount you're saving plus any employer match, and then divide the total
by your gross income.
According to the Federal Reserve Board's G. 19 Consumer Credit report, the total
amount of consumer credit outstanding rose
by 5.2 percent (SAAR) over the 1st quarter of 2017, 2.4
percentage points less than the 6.6 percent rate of growth in the 4th quarter of 2016.
The limits used
by the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) are based on a
percentage of the conforming loan
amounts, which are in turn established
by the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA).
To determine the
amount of income derived from each jurisdiction, multiply the total tax - exempt interest you received from the fund during the calendar year, as reported on Form 1099 - DIV, box 10
by the
percentage shown.
Even if your net worth is low, when the market goes up and down
by a few
percentage points in a day, there can be sizable dollar
amounts at stake.
The equity multiplier is the
amount or
percentage of assets owned
by each dollar invested in a business.
A major benefit of 401 (k) s is the employer match — free money paid
by your employer into your account, with the
amount usually figured as a
percentage of your contribution.
Research from Vanguard shows that an «immediate» lump - sum
amount in a portfolio that includes a 60/40 mix of stocks and bonds outperformed dollar - cost averaging
by a margin of 2.4
percentage points on average during a 12 - month period.
Most commonly, market penetration in this form is expressed as a
percentage, calculated
by multiplying the current sales volume
by 100, and then dividing that
amount by the total sales volume of all similar products, including those sold
by competitors.
The division of the
amount of debt
by the
amount of income will result in a
percentage, which is needed
by banks and financial investors.
Although this is typically the
amount of the financing which the investors are entitled to purchase
by reason of their contractual rights of first refusal, this approach may not work properly because the sum of the ownership
percentages of the various investors will be less than 100 %, and the primary purpose of the pay to play clause is to assist the company in raising the total
amount of financing which it requires.
To determine what
percentage gain it would take to recover your loss, divide your starting capital of $ 1,000,000
by your ending
amount of $ 800,000.
«To illustrate the magnitude of the 75 - year actuarial deficit, consider that for the... Trust Funds to remain fully solvent throughout the 75 - year projection period... revenues would have to increase
by an
amount equivalent to an immediate and permanent payroll tax rate increase of 2.76
percentage points to 15.16 percent.»
You can also increase your current payment
by a set dollar
amount or
percentage.
For most individuals and institutions, it's a wise idea to basically control the
amount of risk in the overall portfolio
by setting targets for the
percentage of your portfolio that you would want in equities, in debt securities or bonds, and in cash, certificates of deposit, Treasury notes and Treasury bills.»
A huge
amount of productivity is lost every year
by companies whose workers are putting a
percentage of their creative minds into flirting rather than into achieving anything of value for their employers.
One frequently cited bar graph has been used to suggest, for the decade 1965 - 75, a severe diminution of seven mainline Protestant bodies
by contrast both with their gains in the preceding ten years and with the continuing growth of selected conservative churches (see Jackson W. Carroll et al., Religion in America, 1950 to the Present [Harper & Row, 19791, p. 15) The gap in growth rates for 1965 - 75, as shown on that graph, is more than 29
percentage points (an average loss in the oldline denominations of 8.9 per cent against average gains among the conservatives of 20.5 per cent) This is indeed a substantial difference, but it does not approach the difference in growth rates recorded for the same religious groups in the 1930s, when the discrepancy
amounted to 62
percentage points.
Although these represent small
percentages, given that about 70 million Americans qualify as churched adult women, this
amounts to millions of women in the U.S. today who feel discouraged
by their experiences in churches.»
This non-deductible
percentage pertains to the
amount that can not be claimed as a business expense
by BA members on their... More
Most offer restaurateurs and shop owners the choice of letting customers tip
by percentage or flat - dollar
amount, or whether to switch from flat dollars to a
percentage - based tip if the total bill comes to, say, $ 10 or more.
Of all cancers, stomach cancer has declined the greatest
amount,
by percentage.
Its ridiculous putting in defenders from relegation threatened teams, especially going
by stats... sure the
amount of shit they had to deal with its no wonder they have high numbers, what about the
percentages from successful.
Part of this problem could be considered to be that the most used central midfield pairing, Lucas Leiva and Charlie Adam, aren't particularly dynamic nor inclined to get on the end of crosses (of which Liverpool have had more, per game, than any other team in the league apart from Wolves — more of which, will be discussed later), so this only leaves a certain number of players who will be able to get into the box in the more rigid 4 -4-2 utilised for most of this season. Inspite of this, however, 58 % of Liverpool's goals have come from inside the 18 yard box, the highest in the league so far this season in terms of
percentage of goals scored
by each individual team, suggesting that this is the best avenue of attack for Liverpool, so the question has to be: why have Liverpool only managed to score 14 times, the 10th lowest
amount of goals in the league?
encouraged Janet, stressing that the winners are not determined
by the total
amount raised, but the total number of donations as a
percentage of your membership.
Adding that
amount alone back into the stock would increase the total base
by nearly 20 % and reduce the total
amount of money borrowed under President Mahama as a
percentage of accumulated stock since independence to about 23 %, which, high as it is, is not nearly as dramatic as 66 %.
I don't see any drawbacks as long as your vote is weighted
by the taxes you paid as a
PERCENTAGE of your income, not whole dollar
amounts.
In the elections to the House of Commons the
percentage of MPs elected
by regional lists can be calibrated to deliver the desired
amount of proportionality to the electoral results.
Labour is down four
percentage points at 26 per cent, the Conservatives are down
by the same
amount to 39 per cent.
That surcharge raised the personal income - tax rate
by the largest
percentage amount in nearly half a century.
The tax cut for middle - class wage earners
amounts to a fraction of 1
percentage point and will be funded
by an increase in the rate for married taxpayers making more than $ 2 million a year and single taxpayers whose yearly income exceeds $ 1 million.
An increase in the deductible or out - of - pocket minimum
by an
amount that exceeds medical inflation plus 15
percentage points,
The study concluded finally that the Bradley effect was a real phenomenon,
amounting to a median gap of 3.1
percentage points before 1996, but that it was likely not the sole factor in those discrepancies, and further that it had ceased to manifest itself at all
by 1996.