As a rule of thumb, you can control one variable in your business: you.
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As a rule of thumb, products that speak to basic needs are more recession proof.
As a rule of thumb, I use stop-market orders and do NOT carry the order overnight.
There is a rule of thumb that every Wall Street banker supports three downstream jobs.
In other words: as a rule of thumb we know it can lead to this kind of outcome.
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As a rule of thumb, urologists schedule vasectomies for Fridays and instruct patients to take the weekend to recover.
As a rule of thumb every FinTech company should provide a toll-free phone number no more than one click from your homepage.
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As a rule of thumb, both HSBC and Santander reckon that to operate effectively they need at least 5-10% of the market.
Add 30-50% to your figures to adjust as a rule of thumb.
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Robert Hazlett, pharmaceuticals analyst at Robertson Stephens, says he uses a rule of thumb that a drug is worth four times continuing sales.
As a rule of thumb, a careful cull of the 10% of lowest performers can make a firm leaner by removing fat without damaging muscle.
As a rule of thumb, economists reckon that a family with one child needs 30% more income than a childless couple to maintain the same living standard.
As a rule of thumb, the larger the company and the larger the buyback the more reliable the buyback is as an indicator of the future stock price.
As a rule of thumb, I prefer a juicy red wine, something like a Barbera from Piemonte, whose low tannins, high acidity and power cut through the pizza.
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As a rule of thumb, a functioning insurance model requires 80 percent of the pool to be healthy to support the cost of the 20 percent who get sick.
The concept, widely used as a rule of thumb by astronomers, was codified last year by Dr. Mendez and his colleagues into a more formal Habitable Zone Distance scale.
This is usually said to be, a rule of thumb, about 20% of the sum collected or, in another formulation, perhaps 35% of the marginal revenue of the system.
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Sy Harding , editor of Street Smart Report, cites that last Fed tightening cycle as an illustration of a rule of thumb he calls "Three Steps and a Stumble"--the third rate hike kills the bull.
Stephen Hess, Senior Fellow Emeritus, Governance Studies at the The Brookings Institution, suggested in 2001 that as a rule of thumb an incoming president need have their White House appointments -- their immediate inner circle -- in place by Thanksgiving (November 27) and Cabinet staff by Christmas (December 25).
Some European countries have enjoyed healthy growth in recent years, but Germany, the biggest economy in the euro area (and the world's third largest) had two quarters of negative growth in the second half of last year, according to figures released on February 27th: as a rule of thumb, that is how economists judge whether a country is in recession.
Often we accept people into our social networks by extension of trust, i.e. a friend of a friend, so a good rule of thumb might be to question how well you really know a person before accepting a new friend request.
But a rough rule of thumb is that a 10% depreciation adds 60-100 basis points to inflation, says Mr Chakraborty at Standard Chartered.
Subtract all expenses and property taxes (30% of the rent is a good rule of thumb) and multiply by 12 to get the annual net operating income.
So when the atmosphere cools down one part of the globe, it is a good rule of thumb that it is warming some other part.
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It is a good rule of thumb that if the roof sweeps and tapers out like a dainty swallow's tail, the family who built it was wealthy.
There has always been a good rule of thumb that your HDTV doesn't need the help of a DVD up-scaler if the HDTV has a good processor in it.
As a general rule of thumb, small pictures, plants and colorful desk accessories (see these from Target) are a tasteful way of representing yourself in the workplace.
For tax-conscious investors, it's a good rule of thumb to sell losers while holding onto winners.
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