Sentences with phrase «of rules of thumb»

I mean, I know what I ended up paying, but I'm curious to know if there's sort of a rule of thumb for that.

In retirement planning one of the inputs to a forecast is an assumption about return on investments... and there are a number of rules of thumb thrown around.

Many things have changed over the past 80 years, but many of his rules of thumb still apply today with a couple of minor tweaks.

I have a couple of rules of thumb that I would live by which I think are very helpful as you're doing that planning.

And, that's the point of a rule of thumb, right?

There are all sorts of rules of thumb about saving for retirement.

In the investment world, the pressure to act can prompt shortcuts and the use of rules of thumb that may not apply to the situation at hand.

The best of rule of thumb is to keep things as simple as possible.

I don't know of any rules of thumb that can tell you whether it's a good idea to devote some of your retirement savings to an annuity.

You will find lots of rules of thumb but there is no universal truth to how much you should save.

Nevertheless, these two investments provide a good example and paradigm of the rule of thumb that should be used in asset allocation choices between qualified investments.

And, that's the point of a rule of thumb, right?

Because of the size of the crowd (about 20), I employed a few of my rules of thumb when dealing with so many guests: reduce the number of dishes served; use paper or plastic, not glass; and, most importantly, serve buffet style or directly from the stove.

Chris had been nervous about leaving at the right time but says he knew we got it right because of a rule of thumb I told him from Natural Hospital Birth: «It should take you 10 minutes to get to the car.»

Avoiding an online dating scam involves becoming resistant to emotional manipulation through a combination of rules of thumb and ingrained good sense.

There's kind of a rule of thumb in Asset - Liability management, that you match liquidity over the next 12 months, and match interest rate sensitivity overall.

Increasing lifespans, expensive bonds and stocks, and increased asset correlation should cause investors to be skeptical of this rule of thumb.

What do you make of the rule of thumb that one's age should equal the percentage of fixed income in their portfolio?

If you've worked with a financial advisor to help you plan for retirement or read any number of financial publications or googled «retirement strategies» then you've seen some form of this rule of thumb for a secure stream of retirement income.

Even if you wanted to have a cash emergency fund, $ 60,000 is 125 % of your annual pre-tax income, which is many multiples of any rule of thumb emergency fund target I've ever heard.

While this may seem like an efficient way to save for home repairs, critics of this rule of thumb argue that the amount set aside is somewhat arbitrary, and doesn't account for a wide variety of factors, such as the age of your home, whether most of the value of your home is in the land itself, whether your home is attached or single family, etc..

Many of the rules of thumb do nt apply at all in Norcal.

Fortunately, there are a number of rules of thumb that you can use to make sure that your advisor is reputable:

There are a couple of rules of thumb.

is there any sort of rule of thumb numbers to even bother following anymore?

Here are some of the rules of thumb that help me make the most of every moment on my solo adventures.

But physicians caution that there are always exceptions to any of these rules of thumb.

Similar to my diet, when it comes to my beauty routine, one of my rules of thumb is that what I put onto my body should contain ingredients that I can put into my body as well (think: nothing full of hard - to - pronounce chemicals or unknown substances).

One of my rules of thumb is that, generally speaking, the larger the commission is for the salesperson, the worse the product is for the consumer.

One of my rules of thumb is that if none of the other risks are offering adequate reward, then it is time to increase foreign bond positions.

Well, as you said, all of the rules of thumb that get thrown out there are pretty wild speculation and don't really address anyone's personal situation, so they aren't worth much.

Foreign currency — One of my rules of thumb is that when there is not much compensation offered for risk in the US, it is time to look abroad, particularly at foreign fixed income.