Banks, Brokerages & Capital Markets

This basket owns financial intermediaries whose core businesses connect deposits, credit, investment capital and trading activity. Combining diversified banks with investment banks and digital brokerages spreads exposure across lending, advisory work and transaction revenues. With equity leadership unsettled, it offers a financial-services alternative to adding more semiconductor and infrastructure exposure, while retaining sensitivity to credit conditions and market activity. Launch basket (equal weight): GS, MS, HOOD, COIN, JPM, BAC, C, IBKR Rules: 1. No inverse, leveraged or volatility ETFs. 2. Only names tradable at the enrolled brokers (Moomoo): no OTC listings, no dead tickers, nothing on the refused list.