Quiet Period

What does it mean?
In terms of an IPO, the period where an issuer is subject to a SEC ban on promotional publicity. The quiet period usually lasts either 40 or 90 days from the IPO.

In Other Words...
In other words, If you take your company public, you can't talk about your stock to anybody for 3 months.

Related Links
IPO Basics Tutorial - What's an IPO, and how did everybody get so rich off them during the dot-com boom? We give you the scoop.

Related Terms
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