悪あく材ざい料りょう

noun

bearish factor; negative market factor

Financial term for news or data that pushes stock prices down. Often contrasted with 好材料 (bullish factor).

See also: 好材料

• 決けっ算さん発はっ表ぴょうが悪あく材ざい料りょうとなり、株かぶ価かが急きゅう落らくした。

  The earnings report became a bearish factor, and the stock price plunged.

noun

negative factor; unfavorable element

General use for any disadvantageous condition or piece of information, not limited to finance.

• 彼かれの過か去この失しっ敗ぱいが選せん挙きょ戦せんの悪あく材ざい料りょうになった。

  His past failures became a negative factor in the election campaign.