Consumer Staples: Brands & Essential Retail

Own the producers and retailers of frequently replenished household goods, food and beverages rather than another semiconductor-capex basket. The supplied sheet shows positive monthly returns across the basket's liquid anchors, supporting a demand-resilience allocation while technology shares remain under pressure. Premium retailer valuations and rising input costs remain risks; essential demand does not guarantee defensive share prices. Launch basket (equal weight): PG, WMT, KO, PEP, COST, CL, MDLZ 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.