Trade-Down: Value Retail, DIY & Fast Food

Own the businesses positioned to capture household economizing through discount shopping, do-it-yourself repairs and affordable restaurant meals. This is a consumer trade-down basket rather than a broad staples or commerce-platform portfolio. Recent weakness in Home Depot and McDonald's offers an entry point alongside stronger value retailers, although sustained consumer weakness could still pressure sales. Launch basket (equal weight): WMT, COST, TJX, MCD, HD, LOW, YUM, QSR, DPZ 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.