Julia La Roche
Yahoo Finance
New York, NY, United States
Contact Julia
Discover and connect with journalists and influencers around the world, save time on email research, monitor the news, and more.
| Recent: |
|
| Past: |
|
Past articles by Julia:
Julian Robertson, founder of Tiger Management, dies at 90
Julian H. Robertson, the founder of Tiger Management LLC and investor in a generation of hedge fund managers known as “Tiger Cubs,” has died at the age of 90. → Read More
Investor who returned 4,000% in Q1 2020 explains what people get wrong about risk mitigation
Hedge fund manager Mark Spitznagel, the founder of $11 billion "Black Swan" hedge fund Universa Investments, says investors have been getting risk mitigation wrong from the start. → Read More
Salesforce's Benioff on the future of work: 'We're not all coming back' to the office
Salesforce (CRM) CEO Marc Benioff sees a disconnect between the C-Suite and employees being asked to return to work. → Read More
Walmart to give 565,000 hourly store associates at least $1 an hour raise in latest wage hike
It's the retailer’s third wage hike for hourly associates in the last year. → Read More
Signet Jewelers CEO sees a 'rising tide' of engagements amid COVID
'People are really spending more on people that are closest to now. I think in part it's because they've had to narrow their focus during COVID and they spent more time with their loved ones, and the good news is that that has deepened relationships.' → Read More
Gundlach: We're running our economy 'like we're not interested in maintaining global reserve currency status'
The 'Bond King' thinks there's 'easily' 25% downside in the U.S. dollar. → Read More
Petco Q2 earnings beat, fueled by recurring revenue streams 'scaling rapidly'
Recurring revenue also fueled the closely-followed comparable sales, which grew 20% from a year ago and 30% on a two-year comparison. → Read More
Zervos: 'The emotional scarring' of consumers is 'more extreme' than many think
Zervos, who previously worked as an economist and advisor to the Federal Reserve, says "the last thing a scarred and fragile consumer needs right now is tighter monetary policy." → Read More
Walmart Q2 earnings soar as Delta variant fails to curb traffic, grocery spending boom
Walmart says the comp sales reflect 'strong underlying business trends, a robust U.S. economy and stimulus spending.' → Read More
Influential short-seller Carson Block explains what he got wrong about Elon Musk and Tesla
Carson Block sent his first investor letter, detailing what he got wrong about Elon Musk. → Read More
Amazon to increase spending with US-based suppliers by 20% in 2021
Amazon is on track to spend $120 billion this year with more than 200,000 suppliers in the U.S. → Read More
Tornado CEO: There's a 'crisis in investing education'
'As a retail investor I think the key question you have to ask yourself this does your brokerage help you invest better? And I think for a lot of investors, unfortunately, the answer is 'no,'" says Tornado's CEO. → Read More
Pearson CEO predicts demise of physical textbooks as digital service launches
The 177-year-old company debuted its Pearson+ subscription service in the U.S. → Read More
Starbucks' cold beverages are massively outselling hot coffee in the US
"Customers love" cold coffee drinks, Starbucks CEO told Yahoo Finance, especially millennials and the Gen Z-ers. → Read More
Starbucks posts record Q3 results, same-store sales surge in US
Same-store sales surged 84% in the U.S. → Read More
Walmart to pay for tuition and books for its employee debt-free college perk
Walmart's $1-a-day college is now free starting day one. → Read More
Salesforce closes $27.7 billion acquisition of Slack
Slack's CEO called the deal 'a once-in-a-generation opportunity to rethink and reshape how and where we work.' → Read More
Short-seller Spruce Point targets Oatly over financial statement and ESG concerns
Short-seller Ben Axler sees an intermediate 30 to 70% downside risk. → Read More
Goldman Sachs posts Q2 earnings blowout, powered by investment banking
Goldman Sachs' results were boosted by a strong showing in investment banking. → Read More
JPMorgan earnings soar amid 'exceptionally strong' consumer balance sheets, credit release
JPMorgan kicks off Q2 earnings results for the big banks. → Read More