Sentences with phrase «back of the envelope estimates»

Back of the envelope estimates of the possible over-charges range up to several hundred million dollars.

My simple back of the envelope estimates show the 10.6 % tax efficient investment (based on our combined 401Ks) will be approximately 8 % in five years, or roughly $ 80K (growing at an estimated 7 - 8 %).

Based on that information, they can give you a back of the envelope estimate on rates for the loan types you're interested in.

Um, you ever do a back of the envelope estimate of that probability for a box containing, say, one whole mole of molecules?

Steve, I think it is fairly well established that the earth's climate system is more sensitive to solar forcing than one would expect from a simple back of the envelope estimate of the increase in total irradiance.

A back of the envelope estimate of the addition of freshwater from land ice melting?

Not exact matches

Based on back of the envelope calculations and estimates from Fundstrat, Bitcoin valuation could shed another $ 37 billion in the near future, falling to about $ 99 billion in market capitalization.

But when you consider the scope of the Equifax hack — an estimated 143 million people were impacted — the back - of - the - envelope math means the firm could make a lot of money as people try to protect themselves from the fallout.

Here's what we get from taking the annuity, after factoring in our back - of - the - envelope estimated 50 % in taxes.

A generous back - of - the - envelope estimate is that Hugh Hefner is worth $ 26 million, not accounting for price fluctuations in Hefner's stock market and bond investments.

Looking at the total hashrate, which is the number of calculations the network can perform per second, and applying a generous miner efficiency of 0.6 watts per gigahash, we can estimate our own back - of - the - envelope Bitcoin network constant power draw at just under 215 MW, although this figure is always in flux (it's important to note that many of the variables in my calculation are constantly changing slightly).

He said he used official figures and plausible assumptions to reach the estimate, but a government source dismissed that figure as based on «back - of - an - envelope calculations».

The new estimate of mortality from windows, based on statistical analysis of 23 local studies, comes close to an old estimate (100 million to 1 billion) that had been derided for its simple, back - of - the - envelope approach.

Milloy and Monckton (whoever they are) have used the S - B formula to provide a decent «back of the envelope» estimate to the temperature increase in response to more CO2.

Based on a back - of - the - envelope calculation of the relationship between enrollment and criminal activity in my sample, I estimate that the effects of winning a school lottery on enrollment could potentially explain about 45 percent of the impact on criminal activity in the high school sample, but only about 10 percent in the middle school sample.

Consequently, the true peer effect resulting from late entrants is likely to be substantially below the back - of - the - envelope estimate of 0.07 to 0.09 standard deviations.

Using back - of - the - envelope calculations, the authors estimate that school districts saved $ 550.5 million by replacing older, more expensive teachers with younger, cheaper ones.

If we do some back - of - the - envelope math and average the state's and the Ingersoll estimates together, it means that 85,000 current Illinois teachers will leave the profession in the next ten years with little retirement savings to show for their experience.

As best I can tell, the Howey model of author earnings is at best quick, back - of - the - envelope calculation, which is at best useful for an order of magnitude estimate.

Estimating total membership of Kindle Unlimited is very much a back - of - the envelope calculation depending on how many books are borrowed per member on average.

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This implied a back - of - the - envelope portfolio return of about 12.5 % per year going forward, and for much of the 1980s and 1990s that proved to be a conservative estimate.

My back of the envelope calculations for Telstra's estimated intrinsic value is between $ 3.30 and 3.50.

According to my back - of - the - envelope calculations, the distributions estimated by management seem slightly high, but my estimate is sensitive to the quantum of the cash burn and professional fees.

The often - cited «estimates» — which have, over the past 15 years, taken on mythical status — were nothing more than back - of - the envelopes guesses.

If we had done a simple back - of - the - envelope estimate, surely someone would have criticized us for not using a climate model... Besides we also looked into regional patterns and the sea - ice response in our paper, something one can not do without a climate model.

Actually I'm the source of my estimate, which is broad brush and back of the envelope.

You can estimate the magnitude of the effect pretty well just using CO2 thermodynamics and the back of an envelope.

Milloy and Monckton (whoever they are) have used the S - B formula to provide a decent «back of the envelope» estimate to the temperature increase in response to more CO2.

However, for back of envelope purposes, current global production is ~ 32,500 tonnes pa; reserves stand at 14 million tonnes; and «resources» are estimated at about 50 million tonnes.

Lots of other factors go into global temperature, but this ball park, back of the envelope calculation shows that even IPCC's lowered top estimate of 4.5 degrees is laughably preposterous.

Matthew, do you know of any quick back - of - the - envelope methods that would give a reasonable estimate?

My back - of - the - envelope estimate puts the net social benefit to date at around $ 900 per ton of carbon (or $ 245 per ton of CO2, as Jim D would express it).

And my suggestion for getting a back - of - the - envelope estimate was literally to replicate the (e.g.) 1910 to 1930 trend, and tack it on the end of the timeseries ending in 2010, then proceed with the analysis.

Any good physicist would follow this up with a back - of - envelope estimate of how large this effect might be, and that's what he does for the example of Katrina.

Yes back of the envelope often look good without the fine detail, factor in the number of plants - your cost estimates seem cheap i thought it was about 1 bill per plant - extra power generation, the rest of the infastructure, land etc and your numbers wouldn't add up.

But for a quick, back - of - the - envelope estimate, we're keeping things simple.

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