Many finance folks are familiar with the rule-of-thumb that utilities tend to trade like bonds.
They were efforts, mostly pharmacological and rule-of-thumb, to provide relief from symptoms.
Today, this rule-of-thumb is called an age-based asset allocation model.
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By making defence planners worry about fighting two nearly-simultaneous wars like that against Iraq in 1991, this rule-of-thumb has made it harder to prepare for the much broader range of threats which lie ahead.
Here, we apply my tried and true rule-of-thumb for advanced trust structures that are used for estate and asset protection planning: The more impressively a structure is named, the less likely it is to work.
Although the details vary from country to country, a widely used rule-of-thumb says that a lease does not have to be capitalised so long as the net present value of the lease liabilities (ie, future rents) amounts to less than 90% of the value of the asset.
To mitigate the loss of this rule-of-thumb, Nargentino advises a tough conversation with yourself (and your family) about your risk tolerance.
Now, you must work backward to solve the loss of that rule-of-thumb: To earn at those same rate today, you will need more stocks and possibly a venture into lower-grade credit.
Asia's smart bankers follow a hard-nosed, market-led rule of thumb: Use technology to reach the client.
Confirming a widely-held rule of thumb, German researchers found that the deterioration in motor function of athletes after long trips lingered for roughly as many days as the number of time zones they crossed.
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Avoiding government spending that finds its way into the pockets of the well-connected is another good rule of thumb.
His first rule of thumb: Be scent-conscious in your day-to-day life.
At the height of its mainframe dominance in the 1980s, the rule of thumb was that IBM accounted for half of industry revenues, two-thirds of the profits and three-quarters of the market cap.
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As a rule of thumb, I use stop-market orders and do NOT carry the order overnight.
Rule of thumb: excessive name paper-dropping is a poor signal.
For tax-conscious investors, it's a good rule of thumb to sell losers while holding onto winners.
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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Also, back in those days, the rule of thumb was a manager could manage at most 7-8 direct reports.
Add 30-50% to your figures to adjust as a rule of thumb.
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But a rough rule of thumb is that a 10% depreciation adds 60-100 basis points to inflation, says Mr Chakraborty at Standard Chartered.
Despite this rule of thumb, there is a burgeoning movement to bring small-wind power to cities as well.
Although estimates vary, a typical rule of thumb is that you need 60 percent of your pre-retirement income to live comfortably after you retire.
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).
Apply the usual rule of thumb, where one megawatt will supply the needs of 500-900 average houses, and this run-of-river plant could serve as many as 2.4 million homes.
That's on the order of 1, 000 times less per pupil than for a K-12 or a college education way more than the rule of thumb in Silicon Valley that you need a 10 times cost advantage to drive change.
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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.
Alpana Singh, a Chicago-based sommelier, author and almost-restaurateur (her Boarding House restaurant is opening soon), had a useful rule of thumb: Look for red wines "that you can see through, " she said.
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Our rule of thumb is that every one percentage increase or decrease in nominal GDP translates into one-to-one-and-a-half percentage point increase or decrease in tech spending by the private sector.
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