Tax-loss harvesting alternatives for ASO

Among the 5 Specialty Stores peers screened, SIG (Signet Jewelers) has tracked ASO most closely over the past year, with a return correlation of 0.52. The strongest fund stand-in is XRT (SPDR S&P Retail ETF) at 0.55 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
SIG	Signet Jewelers	Specialty Stores	0.52	0.52	0.58	—
DKS	Dick's Sporting Goods	Specialty Stores	0.47	0.58	0.63	—
EYE	National Vision Holdings	Specialty Stores	0.34	0.41	0.39	—
SBH	Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc.	Specialty Stores	0.32	0.46	0.47	—
HZO	MarineMax, Inc.	Specialty Stores	0.27	0.40	0.41	—

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
XRT	SPDR S&P Retail ETF	Retail	INDUSTRY	0.55	0.68	0.70	—
IYC	iShares US Consumer Discretionary	Cons Discretionary Sector	SECTOR	0.40	0.53	0.57	—
VCR	Vanguard Consumer Discretionary	Cons Discretionary Sector	SECTOR	0.38	0.52	0.56	—
FDIS	Fidelity MSCI Consumer Discretionary	Cons Discretionary Sector	SECTOR	0.37	0.52	0.56	—
XLY	Consumer Discretionary SPDR	Cons Discretionary Sector	SECTOR	0.34	0.48	0.53	—
RTH	VanEck Retail ETF	Retail	INDUSTRY	0.33	0.46	0.53	—
PEJ	Invesco Leisure & Entertainment	Leisure & Entertainment	INDUSTRY	0.33	0.49	0.53	—
XHB	SPDR S&P Homebuilders ETF	Homebuilders	SUB-IND	0.31	0.48	0.54	—
ITB	iShares US Home Construction	Homebuilders	SUB-IND	0.31	0.45	0.51	—
DRIV	Global X Autonomous & EV ETF	Autonomous & EV	INDUSTRY	0.27	0.44	0.49	—
BETZ	Roundhill Sports Betting iGaming	Sports Betting	SUB-IND	0.23	0.37	0.45	—
CARZ	First Trust S-Network EV & FV	Autos & EVs	INDUSTRY	0.23	0.37	0.43	—

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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.