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 VSS — Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US Small Capital Index Fund
| Substitute | Correlation | Book overlap | Fee vs VSS | Assets | Wash-sale read | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VEU Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US Index Fund | 0.948 | 0% | +1bp | $40.1B | different index | Compare |
| VT Vanguard Total World Stock Index Fund | 0.908 | 0% | same | $39.4B | different index | Compare |
| SPEM SPDR Portfolio Emerging Markets ETF | 0.879 | 0% | same | $17.6B | different index | Compare |
| VWO Vanguard Emerging Markets Stock Index Fund | 0.891 | — | +1bp | $79.1B | different index | Compare |
| IEMG iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF | 0.859 | 0% | +2bp | $160.6B | different index | Compare |
| VGK Vanguard European Stock Index Fund | 0.880 | 1% | +4bp | $20.6B | 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