Tax-loss harvesting alternatives for XLC

The closest fund alternative to XLC (Comm Services Sector) is FCOM (Fidelity MSCI Communication Services), with a return correlation of 0.95 over the past year. Among single names in the fund's slice of the market, GOOG (Alphabet Inc. (Class C)) tracks it most closely at 0.64 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
FCOM	Fidelity MSCI Communication Services	Comm Services Sector	SECTOR	0.95	0.97	0.98	0.96
VOX	Vanguard Communication Services	Comm Services Sector	SECTOR	0.95	0.97	0.98	0.98
SOCL	Global X Social Media ETF	Social Media	SUB-IND	0.62	0.68	0.75	0.77
IVV	iShares Core S&P 500	S&P 500	BROAD	0.57	0.78	0.82	0.85
SPY	SPDR S&P 500 ETF	S&P 500	BROAD	0.57	0.78	0.82	0.85
VOO	Vanguard S&P 500 ETF	S&P 500	BROAD	0.57	0.78	0.82	0.85
VTI	Vanguard Total Stock Market	Total US Market	BROAD	0.56	0.77	0.82	0.85
ESPO	VanEck Video Gaming & eSports	Gaming & Esports	SUB-IND	0.47	0.61	0.70	0.71
HERO	Global X Video Games & Esports	Gaming & Esports	SUB-IND	0.44	0.53	0.63	0.65
QQQM	Invesco Nasdaq 100 ETF	Nasdaq 100	BROAD	0.41	0.72	0.81	—
QQQ	Invesco QQQ Trust	Nasdaq 100	BROAD	0.41	0.71	0.81	0.86
IYZ	iShares US Telecommunications ETF	Telecom	INDUSTRY	0.30	0.54	0.67	0.72

STOCKS

Single-name peers

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

Ticker	Name	Sub-industry	1Y	3Y	5Y	10Y
GOOG	Alphabet Inc. (Class C)	Interactive Media & Services	0.64	0.69	0.76	0.81
DIS	Walt Disney Co.	Movies & Entertainment	0.48	0.50	0.61	0.61
DASH	DoorDash Inc.	Internet Services & Infrastructure	0.43	0.50	0.58	—
CMCSA	Comcast Corp.	Cable & Satellite	0.42	0.46	0.52	0.60
CHTR	Charter Communications	Cable & Satellite	0.39	0.38	0.43	0.48
CARG	CarGurus	Interactive Media & Services	0.35	0.46	0.47	0.48
DV	DoubleVerify Holdings Inc.	Advertising	0.34	0.31	0.43	—
APP	AppLovin	Advertising	0.32	0.45	0.50	—
FOX	Fox Corporation (Class B)	Broadcasting	0.24	0.39	0.45	0.48
FOXA	Fox Corporation (Class A)	Broadcasting	0.23	0.37	0.43	0.45
CCOI	Cogent Communications Holdings, Inc.	Alternative Carriers	0.18	0.20	0.23	0.29
CNK	Cinemark Holdings, Inc.	Movies & Entertainment	0.14	0.19	0.35	0.31
ECHO	EchoStar	Wireless Telecommunication Services	0.10	0.21	0.22	0.27

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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.