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 VBR — Vanguard Small Cap Value Index Fund
| Substitute | Correlation | Book overlap | Fee vs VBR | Assets | Wash-sale read | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ISCV iShares Morningstar Small-Cap Value ETF | 0.975 | 29% | -1bp | $712M | different index | Compare |
| IJH iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF | 0.940 | 29% | -2bp | $128.4B | different index | Compare |
| VB Vanguard Small Cap Index Fund | 0.942 | 26% | -2bp | $58.9B | different index | Compare |
| IJR iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF | 0.952 | 3% | -1bp | $113B | different index | Compare |
| IMCV iShares Morningstar Mid-Cap Value ETF | 0.901 | 11% | -1bp | $1.2B | different index | Compare |
| IMCB iShares Morningstar Mid-Cap ETF | 0.919 | 3% | -3bp | $1.7B | 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