Sentences with phrase «envelope estimate»

Of course, these figures are only back - of - the - envelope estimates meant to give you a general sense of how you might do, not guarantees of the eventual size of your nest egg.

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.

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.

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

Much has been written about this, but the estimates I've come across vary wildly and are usually crude, back - of - the - envelope estimates.

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

In what they admit are back - of - the - envelope estimates, he and Terberger argue that if one in five of the battle's participants was killed and left on the battlefield, that could mean almost 4000 warriors took part in the fighting.

Analysts who study NAEP often use 10 points on the NAEP scale as a back of the envelope estimate of one year's worth of learning.

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 %).

Three birds / year is more conservative than what's used for many back - of - the - envelope estimates, but that doesn't excuse the flaws in Oda's calculation — beginning with his suggestion that the number of feral cats in the state equals the number of pet cats.

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.

One recent back of the envelope estimate of the cost is $ 5 trillion dollars, or about $ 40,000 for every US household, presumably just for the capital costs.

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.

Counting regular US users of just some of the very largest worlds like Habbo, Club Penguin, WoW, YoVille, RuneScape, and Maple Story, we're already talking (very roughly, this is back of envelope estimating) about 25 million.

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