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SpaceX employees are subject to a 180-day lockup period but have the chance to sell some shares earlier during specified windows.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

Fidelity Investments, the big brokerage and mutual fund firm, long has had a rule protecting its small retail clients from plunging into initial public stock offerings while the shares were still subject to IPO-related hype.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

Now, 529 accounts open for at least 15 years can roll up to $35,000 into a Roth IRA for the beneficiary, subject to annual contribution limits.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026

This means that investors are exposed to downside in Alphabet stock while participating in the upside subject to the conversion premium.

From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026

It’s bad enough that the great city of San Francisco should suffer the indignity of a maximum security federal penitentiary in its midst without being subject to these sorts of sick and dangerous shenanigans.

From "Al Capone Does My Shirts" by Gennifer Choldenko