Understanding the Ripple Effects Map
How to read MarketRipple's AI Ripple Map — the visual trace of how a single event's effects flow through sectors, companies, and macro indicators.
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Start at the source event
The Ripple Map always begins with the originating event at the top or center — a policy decision, a commodity price move, a corporate result — and branches outward to show what it's expected to affect next.
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Follow the branches, not just the first layer
The first layer of a ripple map (direct sector or index impacts) is usually the least interesting part — the more useful insight is often two or three layers deep, where indirect, less obvious connections show up (for example, a crude oil spike eventually showing up as an inflation-risk flag that could influence RBI policy).
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Check whether it's a real analysis or a template
Every ripple map either reflects a genuine, event-specific AI analysis or, when one hasn't been generated yet for that specific event, a clearly-labeled illustrative template. Look for the 'Illustrative Template' badge — if you see it, treat the map as a general pattern example rather than a specific claim about that event.
Tips
- Ripple maps are most useful for building intuition about second-order effects — the connections that aren't obvious from the headline alone.