Tech giants continue to dominate the innovation landscape, securing the lion's share of patents issued in 2024. We review a paper that explores the relationship between tech company patent activities and stock market performance, going beyond traditional stock forecasting. The authors model the number of applications, the diversity of patent categories and their impact on stock price dynamics and volatility.

Uncertainty regarding future trade policy is at an all-time high, with US President Donald Trump taking office this month. As a result, we examine the findings of a research paper that studies the impacts of uncertainty the previous Trump-era trade war with China in 2019 had on Chinese firm performance.