Tax-loss harvesting alternatives for SOCL

The closest fund alternative to SOCL (Social Media) is ESPO (VanEck Video Gaming & eSports), with a return correlation of 0.74 over the past year. Among single names in the fund's slice of the market, RDDT (Reddit Inc.) tracks it most closely at 0.65 over the past year. Correlations are computed from daily closing-price returns aligned by trading day.

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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
ESPO	VanEck Video Gaming & eSports	Gaming & Esports	SUB-IND	0.74	0.74	0.82	0.83
HERO	Global X Video Games & Esports	Gaming & Esports	SUB-IND	0.72	0.72	0.78	0.80
VOX	Vanguard Communication Services	Comm Services Sector	SECTOR	0.71	0.73	0.78	0.75
FCOM	Fidelity MSCI Communication Services	Comm Services Sector	SECTOR	0.71	0.73	0.78	0.73
SPY	SPDR S&P 500 ETF	S&P 500	BROAD	0.69	0.68	0.69	0.70
IVV	iShares Core S&P 500	S&P 500	BROAD	0.69	0.68	0.69	0.70
VTI	Vanguard Total Stock Market	Total US Market	BROAD	0.69	0.69	0.70	0.72
VOO	Vanguard S&P 500 ETF	S&P 500	BROAD	0.68	0.68	0.69	0.70
QQQM	Invesco Nasdaq 100 ETF	Nasdaq 100	BROAD	0.66	0.68	0.72	—
QQQ	Invesco QQQ Trust	Nasdaq 100	BROAD	0.66	0.68	0.72	0.76
XLC	Communication Services SPDR	Comm Services Sector	SECTOR	0.62	0.68	0.75	0.77
IYZ	iShares US Telecommunications ETF	Telecom	INDUSTRY	0.33	0.44	0.52	0.53

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Single-name peers

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

Ticker	Name	Sub-industry	1Y	3Y	5Y	10Y
RDDT	Reddit Inc.	Interactive Media & Services	0.65	0.50	—	—
SNAP	Snap Inc.	Interactive Media & Services	0.60	0.56	0.62	0.58
META	Meta Platforms	Interactive Media & Services	0.51	0.57	0.64	0.66
GOOGL	Alphabet Inc.	Interactive Media & Services	0.50	0.50	0.58	0.63
GOOG	Alphabet Inc. (Class C)	Interactive Media & Services	0.50	0.50	0.58	0.63
PPLI	People Inc.	Interactive Media & Services	0.43	0.49	0.58	0.60
MTCH	Match Group	Interactive Media & Services	0.42	0.40	0.57	0.55
PINS	Pinterest Inc.	Interactive Media & Services	0.39	0.49	0.60	0.61
TRIP	TripAdvisor	Interactive Media & Services	0.35	0.36	0.43	0.39
YELP	Yelp, Inc.	Interactive Media & Services	0.32	0.38	0.46	0.45
GTM	ZoomInfo	Interactive Media & Services	0.32	0.37	0.47	0.45
CARG	CarGurus	Interactive Media & Services	0.26	0.35	0.43	0.45
QNST	QuinStreet, Inc.	Interactive Media & Services	0.22	0.28	0.29	0.32

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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.