Household Essentials: Stores, Pantry & Personal Care

Own the retailers and branded-product manufacturers supplying recurring household necessities rather than discretionary technology spending. With QQQ down 6.9% over 21 sessions, the sheet shows positive monthly returns across the basket's core retailers and consumer brands, supporting a defensive allocation now. Resilient demand does not eliminate valuation risk, particularly for the retailers. Launch basket (equal weight): WMT, COST, PG, KO, 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.