bad luck

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“Bad years for the S&P 500 are due to very specific factors, not just bad luck or arbitrary changes in investor sentiment,” said Nicholas Colas, co-founder of DataTrek, in commentary shared with MarketWatch on Tuesday.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 24, 2026

"If they do, they finish the ride then go to the back of their car and spit three times to dispel the bad luck," he says.

From BBC • Mar. 1, 2026

"It's not that he wasn't concentrating. It was just a bit of bad luck."

From Barron's • Jan. 27, 2026

Or is the ambitious Atlanta anchorwoman the victim of bad luck and bad people?

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 8, 2026

Some of the town kids, not knowing it was bad luck to catch the carp, would scoop them out of the low waters and toss the fish upon the sand bars.

From "Bless Me, Ultima" by Rudolfo Anaya