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
| Substitute | Correlation | Book overlap | Fee vs VSS | Assets | Wash-sale read | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VXUS Vanguard Total International Stock ETF | 0.955 | 1% | same | $76.3B | different index | Compare |
| SCHC Schwab International Small-Cap Equity ETF | 0.951 | — | +4bp | $4.3B | different index | Compare |
| VSGX Vanguard ESG International Stock ETF | 0.947 | — | +5bp | $4B | different index | Compare |
| VIGI Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation Index Fund | 0.806 | 0% | +8bp | $7.3B | different index | Compare |
| SLY SPDR S&P 600 Small Cap ETF | — | — | +8bp | $1.7B | different index | Compare |
| VYMI Vanguard International High Dividend Yield Fund | 0.862 | 0% | +15bp | $7.9B | 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
Cached coverage for 2,133 funds. Latest price/flow record dates: 2024-08-23 to 2026-09-30 (1,104 funds with dated records). Fund details retrieved: 2026-09-02 to 2026-10-02. Data dates vary by fund; these are not live quotes. Flow totals include available records only; missing coverage is not evidence of zero flow.