Thank you for another good question Ron!
NULL value will also be returned in the below two conditions:
-- When starting position is negative
SELECT STUFF(@str, -1,5,@stx)
-- When starting position is greater than the expression length => LEN(@str)
SELECT STUFF(@str, 7,5,@stx)
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