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 EFA — iShares MSCI EAFE ETF
| Substitute | Correlation | Book overlap | Fee vs EFA | Assets | Wash-sale read | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VGK Vanguard European Stock Index Fund | 0.956 | 32% | -24bp | $20.6B | different index | Compare |
| VYMI Vanguard International High Dividend Yield Fund | 0.938 | 20% | -13bp | $7.9B | different index | Compare |
| VEU Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US Index Fund | 0.943 | 15% | -27bp | $40.1B | different index | Compare |
| VIGI Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation Index Fund | 0.907 | 3% | -20bp | $7.3B | different index | Compare |
| VT Vanguard Total World Stock Index Fund | 0.892 | 4% | -28bp | $39.4B | different index | Compare |
| URTH iShares MSCI World ETF | 0.883 | 5% | -11bp | $8.3B | 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