Consumer Staples: Retailers & Essential Brands

The technology drawdown argues for following demonstrated strength rather than anticipating a liquidity-driven rebound: Walmart, Costco, Procter & Gamble, Coca-Cola and PepsiCo all have positive monthly momentum. Essential household purchases give this basket a coherent defensive earnings base, although premium retail valuations leave room for downside. This is a relative-strength rotation, not a presumed Fed easing trade; abandon the thesis if staples leadership breaks or liquidity conditions deteriorate. Launch basket (equal weight): WMT, PG, KO, COST, PEP, CL, KMB 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.