The Astolat Dollhouse Castle is officially appraised at over $8.5 million. Itâs 9 feet tall, weighs over 800 pounds, and filled with 10,000 valuable miniatures.
The lock-up period may last as long as 180 days. In some cases, though, the lock-up period is graduated, meaning that after the initial 180 days you can sell an increasingly larger portion of your shares over the next two years. After the lock-up period ends, you are free to sell all your shares if you wish.
If you work for a company that's publicly traded, you could be subject to blackout periods during which you're not allowed trade the company's stock. You might have access to nonpublic information, with a potential for illegal insider trading. A blackout period is generally part of a company's internal policy. It's meant to prevent corporate insiders from unfairly benefiting -- intentionally or inadvertently -- from trades in the stock market. A company may impose a blackout period only on key executives, or it may apply it to a broader group of employees.