Staples Brands & Essential Retail Momentum

The weakening technology tape favors a rotation toward everyday consumption rather than buying broken AI momentum. Walmart, Costco, Procter & Gamble, Coca-Cola and PepsiCo all have positive monthly returns, confirming demand for this defensive theme. Without evidence of easier central-bank liquidity, I would favor recurring household purchases over capital-spending sensitivity; abandon the rotation if relative strength breaks, because defensive equities are not downside protection. Launch basket (equal weight): WMT, PG, COST, 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.