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 VNQ — Vanguard Real Estate Index Fund
| Substitute | Correlation | Book overlap | Fee vs VNQ | Assets | Wash-sale read | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| USRT iShares Core U.S. REIT ETF | 0.958 | 71% | -4bp | $3.7B | different index | Compare |
| REET iShares Global REIT ETF | 0.930 | 62% | +2bp | $4.7B | different index | Compare |
| ICF iShares Cohen & Steers REIT ETF | 0.956 | 60% | +21bp | $2B | different index | Compare |
| IYR iShares U.S. Real Estate ETF | 0.984 | 74% | +28bp | $4.6B | different index | Compare |
| REZ iShares Residential and Multisector Real Estate ETF | 0.866 | — | +36bp | $840M | 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