Brazil's market is in a defensive regime.
Edition no. 1,000 · July 21, 2026 · Regime defensivo · for 51 days · reconstructed essentials
◦ Index methodology v2.2 (working papers with DOI). See the methodology.
Over the session, defensives widened their edge over cyclicals. The Perene Index marked 32 at the close.
Other times the archive saw the market in a state like today’s — what came next.
- ●A year agoSeptember 30, 2025Ibovespa that day146,237 ptsthe archive suggested+8% in 6m hist. medianwhat happened in 6 months188,162 pts (+29%)Reread the edition of September 30, 2025 →
- ○Five years agoJune 2021Ibovespa 126,802 → 103,922 pts (-18% in 6m) · reread →
- ○First time in the archiveJanuary 2000Ibovespa 16,388 → 16,290 pts (-1% in 6m) · reread →
In 66 times the archive saw the market in a state like today’s since 2000, the Ibovespa was higher six months later 62% of the time — median +2.7% — not always upward. Explore the archive →
Other editions the archive read in a market state close to today’s — same neighbourhood of the Perene Risk Index.
The global backdrop is neutral and the intermarket moderate risk-off.
Observed distribution, not a forecast.
- Ibovespa: 173,371 pts
The next reading arrives on the next business day — the regime is monthly, and the daily pulse carries the change until month-end.
Regime defensivo · for 51 days
Concepts: Brazil Regime · Intermarket BR · Historical Analogs · How to read: six steps · Methodology · Track record · From the archive: essays & precedents · Every defensive stretch in the Atlas →