Tax-loss harvesting alternatives for RTH

The closest fund alternative to RTH (Retail) is VCR (Vanguard Consumer Discretionary), with a return correlation of 0.71 over the past year. Among single names in the fund's slice of the market, AMZN (Amazon.com Inc.) tracks it most closely at 0.59 over the past year. Correlations are computed from daily closing-price returns aligned by trading day.

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ETFS

Fund stand-ins

Funds covering similar ground. Two funds tracking the same index may themselves be 'substantially identical' for wash-sale purposes.

Ticker	Name	Focus	Match	1Y	3Y	5Y	10Y
VCR	Vanguard Consumer Discretionary	Cons Discretionary Sector	SECTOR	0.71	0.79	0.85	0.87
XLY	Consumer Discretionary SPDR	Cons Discretionary Sector	SECTOR	0.71	0.78	0.84	0.87
XRT	SPDR S&P Retail ETF	Retail	INDUSTRY	0.68	0.72	0.79	0.74
ONLN	ProShares Online Retail ETF	Online Retail	INDUSTRY	0.63	0.72	0.77	0.75
ITB	iShares US Home Construction	Homebuilders	SUB-IND	0.56	0.56	0.66	0.65
IBUY	Amplify Online Retail ETF	Online Retail	INDUSTRY	0.55	0.68	0.73	0.72
PEJ	Invesco Leisure & Entertainment	Leisure & Entertainment	INDUSTRY	0.55	0.66	0.69	0.66
XHB	SPDR S&P Homebuilders ETF	Homebuilders	SUB-IND	0.53	0.59	0.70	0.71
PBJ	Invesco Food & Beverage ETF	Food & Beverage	INDUSTRY	0.50	0.61	0.63	0.70
BETZ	Roundhill Sports Betting iGaming	Sports Betting	SUB-IND	0.32	0.53	0.62	0.61
DRIV	Global X Autonomous & EV ETF	Autonomous & EV	INDUSTRY	0.20	0.49	0.63	0.68
CARZ	First Trust S-Network EV & FV	Autos & EVs	INDUSTRY	0.16	0.43	0.57	0.60

STOCKS

Single-name peers

Single names inside the fund's slice of the market.

Ticker	Name	Sub-industry	1Y	3Y	5Y	10Y
AMZN	Amazon.com Inc.	Broadline Retail	0.59	0.67	0.75	0.71
AZO	AutoZone Inc.	Automotive Retail	0.43	0.41	0.46	0.51
AAP	Advance Auto Parts	Automotive Retail	0.42	0.34	0.37	0.43
ANF	Abercrombie & Fitch	Apparel Retail	0.37	0.37	0.41	0.40
ABG	Asbury Automotive Group	Automotive Retail	0.37	0.49	0.50	0.49
ASO	Academy Sports + Outdoors	Specialty Stores	0.36	0.47	0.54	—
AN	AutoNation	Automotive Retail	0.34	0.49	0.49	0.49
AEO	American Eagle Outfitters	Apparel Retail	0.34	0.40	0.47	0.46
BBWI	Bath & Body Works, Inc.	Other Specialty Retail	0.31	0.43	0.48	0.46
BBY	Best Buy Co.	Computer & Electronics Retail	0.31	0.44	0.53	0.57
BJ	BJ's Wholesale Club	Consumer Staples Merchandise Retail	0.23	0.26	0.38	0.37
ACI	Albertsons	Food Retail	0.23	0.21	0.22	0.21
BABA	Alibaba Group	Broadline Retail	0.19	0.29	0.34	0.37
ANDE	The Andersons, Inc.	Food Distributors	0.03	0.25	0.26	0.33

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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.