Household Essentials: Brands & Retail

Own the retailers and branded-product suppliers serving recurring grocery and household needs rather than businesses dependent on accelerating AI capital spending. Their positive monthly returns contrast with the Nasdaq's weakness, supporting a defensive relative-strength approach over the coming three months. Durable demand and cash generation could help this basket outperform QQQ if technology spending concerns persist, although elevated retailer valuations and a technology rebound are key risks. Launch basket (equal weight): WMT, PG, PEP, KO, COST, 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.