Brazil's market is in a defensive regime.
Edition no. 1,000 · July 22, 2026 · Regime defensivo · for 52 days · reconstructed essentials
◦ Index methodology v2.2 (working papers with DOI). See the methodology.
The market returned to an extreme, now risk-off. Today, the Perene Index closed at 29. In the intermarket, defensives widened their edge over cyclicals.
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 63 times the archive saw the market in a state like today’s since 2000, the Ibovespa was higher six months later 63% 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 calibrating and the intermarket neutral.
Observed distribution, not a forecast.
- Ibovespa: 173,326 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 52 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 →