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Everything that has moved the markets this week, in a five-minute read

Weekly market intelligence report. Published every Monday: what’s happened, what’s behind it and what to watch out for in the coming days, with the global risk index included.

14reports published
Mondaypublication day
8proprietary indicators
1global risk index
5minute read

The eight gauges behind it

The index is not an opinion: it combines eight in-house indicators, each with its own weight. These are the eight, and what each one measures.

The KGRI is a composite index that condenses into a single measure the level of global risk across the economic, financial and geopolitical environment. It does so by integrating the main dimensions of Visual Sigma™ in order to identify changes in the level of risk and, above all, possible shifts of regime.

The weekly report The World in 5 Minutes is the result of a collaboration between two economists, Iciar Temprano and Miguel Ángel Temprano, but the essence of the report, Visual Sigma and the KGRI, is the outcome of research carried out exclusively by Iciar Temprano, the mother of the report's critical core.

The methodological manual, a detailed account of the academic methodology followed, can be read on this same page.

18%
VSLI

Liquidity

Short-term funding stress and bank reserves.

10%
VSMPI

Monetary policy

Rates, central bank balance sheets and their room for manoeuvre.

14%
VSEAI

Economic activity

Manufacturing, services, consumption and employment.

6%
VSIPI

Inflationary pressure

Expectations, energy and pass-through to prices.

8%
VSCCI

Credit conditions

Spreads, access to funding and corporate stress.

12%
VSFSI

Financial stability

Solvency of the system and accumulated vulnerabilities.

14%
VSGRI

Geopolitical risk

Conflicts, supply routes and sanctions.

18%
VSMRI

Market reaction

How prices respond. The only one read the other way round.

The Visual Sigma™ methodological manual

How the eight indicators are built: which variables go into each one, how they are normalised and why each carries the weight it does. It is the reference document of the model, the reasoning behind every figure in the report.

It can be read here, page by page. The manual is in Spanish.

Earlier reports

Aug 3-9, 2026week 32

The market prices in peace in Hormuz before it arrives: Wall Street hits a record and Brent falls 7% while the strait stays nearly shut

Global risk index · KGRI 52,4 out of 100 ViewDownloadView (EN)Also in Spanish
27 jul–2 ago 2026week 31

Los hutíes cierran el segundo cuello de botella: el Brent toca los 100 dólares y el mercado deja de descontar recortes

Global risk index · KGRI 57,2 out of 100 ViewDownloadView (EN)Also in Spanish
Jul 20-26, 2026week 30

The Houthis close the second chokepoint: Brent touches $100 and the market stops pricing cuts

Global risk index · KGRI 57,9 out of 100 ViewDownloadView (EN)Also in Spanish
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