Tax-Loss Harvest Finder
Sell the loss, keep the exposure. For any fund, ranked stand-ins that track the same market — scored on a year of price correlation, holdings overlap, and fee — with a flag when two funds follow the same index and a swap could look substantially identical.
Correlation computed on ~250 shared sessions per pair · not tax advice — the flag is a heuristic, your compliance desk has the final word
Stand-ins for BSV — Vanguard Short-Term Bond Index Fund
| Substitute | Correlation | Book overlap | Fee vs BSV | Assets | Wash-sale read | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BND Vanguard Total Bond Market Index Fund | 0.891 | — | -1bp | $112.8B | different index | Compare |
| AGG iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF | 0.874 | — | -1bp | $127.8B | different index | Compare |
| MBB iShares MBS ETF | 0.862 | — | same | $39B | different index | Compare |
| USIG iShares Broad USD Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF | 0.832 | — | same | $14.2B | different index | Compare |
| IEI iShares 3-7 Year Treasury Bond ETF | 0.946 | — | +11bp | $17.7B | different index | Compare |
| SHY iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF | 0.941 | — | +11bp | $25.5B | different index | Compare |
RANKED BY CORRELATION, FEE, AND OVERLAP · “SAME INDEX” PAIRS ARE FLAGGED BECAUSE THE IRS HAS NEVER DEFINED “SUBSTANTIALLY IDENTICAL” — MOST DESKS TREAT SAME-INDEX SWAPS AS OFF-LIMITS AND DIFFERENT-INDEX SWAPS AS DEFENSIBLE