Brazil's market is in a defensive regime.
Edition no. 6,593 · August 12, 2026 · Regime defensive · for 73 days · 2 min read
◦ Index methodology v2.2. See the methodology.
The market's mood worsened. The close took the Perene Index to 39.
Other times the archive saw the market in a state like today’s — what came next.
- ●A year agoAugust 31, 2025Ibovespa that day141,125 ptsthe archive suggested+7% in 6m hist. medianwhat happened in 6 months180,464 pts (+28%)Reread the edition of August 31, 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 68 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 +5% — not always upward. Explore the archive →
- 3M: higher 68% · median +4.7%
- 6M: higher 56% · median +2.9%
- 12M: higher 68% · median +11.9%
Observed distribution, not a forecast · e.g. 2024-06, 2018-07, 2021-08 · how the analogs are built →
Other editions the archive read in a market state close to today’s — same neighbourhood of the Perene Risk Index.
Historically similar cases produced a median Ibovespa return of +2.9% over six months, with 56% positive episodes (n=25).
Observed distribution, not a forecast.
- Cyclicals / defensives: defensives ahead, well below its historical norm
- Ibovespa: 167,491 pts, +23.2% in 12 months
The next reading arrives on the next business day — the regime is monthly, and the daily pulse carries the change until month-end.
Edition no. 6,593 · Regime defensive · for 73 days · Radar Perene
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