Think of the old rule of thumb to subtract your age from 100 and invest that percentage in stocks or of the modern version in the form of target date retirement funds that start aggressive and become more conservative as you get closer to retirement.
Add 30-50% to your figures to adjust as a rule of thumb.
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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.
Rule of thumb: if your jargon has strayed that far from recognizable meaning, ditch it.
Here's a good rule of thumb: If your total student loan debt exceeds the amount you expect to earn in your first year out of school, you're borrowing too much.
Mutual fund pioneer John Bogle, the founder of The Vanguard Group, offers this rule of thumb for investors: Own the same percentage of bonds as your age.
The rule of thumb is to subtract your age from 100 and allocate the difference to stocks.
The rule of thumb is to use your age as a percentage of your savings to allocate to fixed income based funds (cash and bond funds) and the rest in stock funds (e.g. if you are 35, you might put 35% in bonds, 65% in stocks).
To mitigate the loss of this rule-of-thumb, Nargentino advises a tough conversation with yourself (and your family) about your risk tolerance.
Add to the equation the high correlation in the stock market and high volatility, and suddenly the rule of thumb of investing 60% of your money in stocks and 40% in bonds no longer provides the returns they once did.
His first rule of thumb: Be scent-conscious in your day-to-day life.
As a rule of thumb, you can control one variable in your business: you.
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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.
One rule of thumb is to aim for total savings of eight to 12 times your annual income, with the higher number applying to higher earners, or 25 times what you will need to withdraw in retirement after Social Security and any pension income.
The general rule of thumb: If insomnia lasts a month and doesn't get better, talk to your doctor, says Frisca L. Yan-Go, M.
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