We like health-care stocks in 2024 despite presidential election year weakness

We like health-care stocks in 2024 despite presidential election year weakness

As the old Wall Street adage goes, health care tends to underperform the stock market in presidential election years — and in recent cycles, that’s been true. But, there’s reason to believe this year that many health-related stocks, led by Eli Lilly , could defy historical convention. The S & P 500 Health Care Sector…

The Times’ top 25 high school boys’ basketball rankings

The Times’ top 25 high school boys’ basketball rankings

A look at the Los Angeles Times’ top 25 high school boys’ basketball teams in the Southland after Week 7 of the 2023-24 season. Rk. SCHOOL; Comment; last rank 1. HARVARD-WESTLAKE (19-1); Most challenging week of the season takes place this week; 1 2. SANTA ANA MATER DEI (19-1); Sophomore Brannon Martinsen has become consistent…

Leslie Frazier latest to interview for Chargers’ head coach

Leslie Frazier latest to interview for Chargers’ head coach

The Chargers continued their search for a head coach Sunday by interviewing Leslie Frazier. With 17 years of NFL experience, Frazier was head coach for Minnesota for three-plus seasons beginning in 2010, compiling a record of 21-32-1. He was out of the league this year after spending six seasons with Buffalo as defensive coordinator. Frazier,…

JuJu Watkins and No. 9 USC send No. 2 UCLA to its first loss

JuJu Watkins and No. 9 USC send No. 2 UCLA to its first loss

Finally, JuJu Watkins could exhale. When Kayla Padilla drew a foul with 14.3 seconds left and USC up by six against UCLA, Watkins, USC’s star freshman, raised her arms toward the Galen Center crowd and flashed an exhausted, relieved smile. The sold-out crowd responded to its newest hometown hero by rising to its collective feet….

UCLA gets back in win column with victory over Washington

UCLA gets back in win column with victory over Washington

From the day he started at UCLA, Mick Cronin said he spelled fun W-I-N. Over the last two months, as one loss followed another, his team encountered M-I-S-E-R-Y, leaving a segment of the fan base feeling H-O-P-E-L-E-S-S. So it was invigorating Sunday afternoon for the Bruins to see what transpired inside Pauley Pavilion. Players on…

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