Tax-loss harvesting alternatives for CNO

Among the 11 Life & Health Insurance peers screened, MET (MetLife Inc.) has tracked CNO most closely over the past year, with a return correlation of 0.62. The strongest fund stand-in is VFH (Vanguard Financials ETF) at 0.67 over the past year. Correlations are computed from daily closing-price returns aligned by trading day.

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STOCKS

Single-name peers

Ticker	Name	Sub-industry	1Y	3Y	5Y	10Y
MET	MetLife Inc.	Life & Health Insurance	0.62	0.71	0.73	0.80
JXN	Jackson Financial, Inc.	Life & Health Insurance	0.60	0.64	0.61	—
PRU	Prudential Financial	Life & Health Insurance	0.60	0.70	0.74	0.81
PFG	Principal Financial Group	Life & Health Insurance	0.59	0.69	0.71	0.78
UNM	Unum	Life & Health Insurance	0.57	0.61	0.61	0.74
GL	Globe Life	Life & Health Insurance	0.56	0.40	0.47	0.64
AFL	Aflac Inc.	Life & Health Insurance	0.53	0.57	0.63	0.71
PRI	Primerica	Life & Health Insurance	0.51	0.63	0.64	0.69
FG	F&G Annuities & Life, Inc.	Life & Health Insurance	0.48	0.55	0.44	—
TRUP	Trupanion	Life & Health Insurance	0.23	0.33	0.28	0.27
BHF	Brighthouse Financial	Life & Health Insurance	0.13	0.49	0.60	0.73

ETFS

Fund stand-ins

An ETF is generally not 'substantially identical' to a single stock, which is why funds are the standard wash-sale-aware replacement.

Ticker	Name	Focus	Match	1Y	3Y	5Y	10Y
VFH	Vanguard Financials ETF	Financials Sector	SECTOR	0.67	0.75	0.75	0.82
XLF	Financial Select Sector SPDR	Financials Sector	SECTOR	0.66	0.73	0.73	0.80
IYF	iShares US Financials ETF	Financials Sector	SECTOR	0.65	0.75	0.74	0.80
KIE	SPDR S&P Insurance ETF	Insurance	INDUSTRY	0.64	0.73	0.75	0.82
KBE	SPDR S&P Bank ETF	Banks	INDUSTRY	0.62	0.72	0.73	0.78
KRE	SPDR S&P Regional Banking ETF	Regional Banks	SUB-IND	0.58	0.69	0.70	0.76
KBWB	Invesco KBW Bank ETF	Large Banks	INDUSTRY	0.56	0.69	0.71	0.78
IAK	iShares US Insurance ETF	Insurance	INDUSTRY	0.56	0.66	0.70	0.79
IAI	iShares Broker-Dealers & Exchanges	Capital Markets	INDUSTRY	0.43	0.62	0.64	0.72
IPAY	ETFMG Prime Mobile Payments	Payments	SUB-IND	0.40	0.56	0.55	0.61
FINX	Global X FinTech ETF	FinTech	SUB-IND	0.31	0.49	0.46	0.50
ARKF	ARK Fintech Innovation ETF	FinTech (Active)	SUB-IND	0.22	0.43	0.39	0.40

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Method: Pearson correlation of daily closing-price returns, Yahoo Finance data, series aligned by trading day, refreshed weekly. A cell is blank when overlapping history covers less than 60% of its window. Correlation is descriptive, not predictive. Wash-sale treatment depends on facts and circumstances — confirm with a tax professional. Not investment advice.