Can I exercise ISOs and then gift the shares to immediate family?

I'm aware that Incentive Stock Options cannot be gifted (the options themselves), but after I exercise my options can I gift the shares that I've purchased? Or can I only gift shares if they were exercised as NSOs?

The stock option plan I'm on allows for gifting to family without offering the company right of first refusal. But I have read and been told by my accountant that you cannot gift ISOs, only NSOs, but it's not cl

Tell me why I shouldn’t buy affirm right now

Looking at student loans starting back this fall which means less extra cash in people’s pockets. Affirm is a pay over time system that is partnered with Amazon. I feel like people will be using this pay over time feature more since their discretionary spending will be lowered. What am I missing?

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What is the best EV charging stock has the brightest future other than Tesla?

I am intrigued by both Tesla and chargepoint, based off market share. It looks like they have a solid balance sheet as well. I was watching something that was talking about how chargepoint customers were having issues, can anyone provide some insight on that at all?

Thanks.

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VIX drops below 13.5, the lowest since pre-pandemic. What does it mean?

Hello investors and traders,

It is obviously that VIX dropped below 13.5 today, the lowest since pre-pandemic. Does that mean there is no fear in the market in the near term? Is it another signal for a new bull market? Is it a good time to buy long dated calls (if you think there is more room to run) or puts (if you think there will be a pullback or as a hedge)?

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Do stock chart patterns influence the market?

I hope this isn't a dumb question, and I know I could have googled it but I want opinions.

By simply existing do chart patterns have any effect on the market? Like when patterns are predicted to happen do automatic trading systems and brokers follow suit generally and fall into the pattern or is it more an after the fact sort of thing where you are just analyzing what happened?

Or are they mostly just kinda fun but don't actually mean anyt

B&G Foods is a great short selling case.

B&G Foods (NYSE: BGS) has provided food and condiment options to American consumers since it’s founding in 1889 by two immigrants who began their journey in pickle manufacturing in New York. Since then, it has been acquired, merged, and ultimately gone public as a holding company that offers a wide variety of packaged goods ranging from canned vegetables and sauces to seasonings and shortenings.

As an industry, packaged food is increasingly cutthroat

Google accuses Microsoft of unfair practices in Azure cloud unit

https://www.cnbc.com/2023/06/21/google-accuses-microsoft-of-anticompetitive-practices-in-azure-cloud.html

Google, which has spent years defending itself against claims of monopolistic behavior across the U.S. and Europe, is going public with its own complaint of anti-competitive practices by longtime rival Microsoft. In a letter to the F

FTC Sues Amazon, Alleging it Tricked Consumers Into Signing Up For Prime

Saw this today in my news feed:

https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2023/06/21/business/ftc-sue-amazon-prime/index.html

I have stock in Amazon. This is anecdotal, but, I generally like Amazon, but whenever I place an order, I have to make sure I’m declining their attempts to lure me into prime, which I understand is really hard to undo from what some friends have told me.

What index best exemplifies US growth stocks and which best exemplifies value stocks?

If one were to use an example of a growth stock ETF, what would be the best example? And what would be the best example of value stocks?

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Thoughts on Broadcom (AVGO) stock

Broadcom is a semiconductor stock that's up 70% this past year probably because of the AI boom and up 2800% since inception. They call It a close second to NVIDIA. The stock has never split in its history and currently trades at $852 per share with 2% dividend . It was $477 on July 1st 2022. I definitely wish I got into it last year lol . How does a company determine when it's due for a split ? It seems still too high to buy in

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