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 MGV — Vanguard Mega Cap Value Index Fund
| Substitute | Correlation | Book overlap | Fee vs MGV | Assets | Wash-sale read | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VTV Vanguard Value Index Fund | 0.988 | 73% | -3bp | $125.5B | different index | Compare |
| DGRO iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF | 0.875 | 55% | +1bp | $43.6B | different index | Compare |
| IUSV iShares Core S&P U.S. Value ETF | 0.871 | 49% | -3bp | $28.1B | different index | Compare |
| ILCV iShares Morningstar Value ETF | 0.817 | 54% | -3bp | $1.3B | different index | Compare |
| IWX iShares Russell Top 200 Value ETF | 0.913 | 66% | +13bp | $4B | different index | Compare |
| VOE Vanguard Mid-Cap Value Index Fund | 0.862 | 2% | same | $17.5B | 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