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 FDD — FIRST TRUST STOXX EUROPEAN SELECT DIVIDEND INDEX FUND
| Substitute | Correlation | Book overlap | Fee vs FDD | Assets | Wash-sale read | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VSS Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US Small Capital Index Fund | 0.807 | — | +7bp | $8.8B | different index | Compare |
| VGK Vanguard European Stock Index Fund | 0.879 | — | +11bp | $20.6B | different index | Compare |
| VEU Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US Index Fund | 0.814 | — | +8bp | $40.1B | different index | Compare |
| VYMI Vanguard International High Dividend Yield Fund | 0.892 | — | +22bp | $7.9B | different index | Compare |
| EFV iShares MSCI EAFE Value ETF | 0.864 | — | +34bp | $31.4B | different index | Compare |
| EFA iShares MSCI EAFE ETF | 0.850 | — | +35bp | $80B | 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