Tax-loss harvesting alternatives for FHLC

The closest fund alternative to FHLC (Health Care Sector) is VHT (Vanguard Health Care ETF), with a return correlation of 1.00 over the past year. Among single names in the fund's slice of the market, AMGN (Amgen Inc.) tracks it most closely at 0.67 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
VHT	Vanguard Health Care ETF	Health Care Sector	SECTOR	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
IYH	iShares US Healthcare ETF	Health Care Sector	SECTOR	0.99	0.99	0.99	0.99
XLV	Health Care Select Sector SPDR	Health Care Sector	SECTOR	0.99	0.99	0.98	0.99
PPH	VanEck Pharma ETF	Pharmaceuticals	INDUSTRY	0.90	0.87	0.86	0.89
IHE	iShares US Pharmaceuticals ETF	Pharmaceuticals	INDUSTRY	0.88	0.87	0.86	0.89
IBB	iShares Biotechnology ETF	Biotechnology	INDUSTRY	0.78	0.81	0.81	0.83
IHI	iShares Medical Devices ETF	Medical Devices	SUB-IND	0.66	0.72	0.80	0.86
XHE	SPDR S&P Health Care Equipment	Medical Devices (Equal Wt)	SUB-IND	0.64	0.68	0.73	0.77
XPH	SPDR S&P Pharmaceuticals	Pharmaceuticals (Equal Wt)	INDUSTRY	0.60	0.71	0.74	0.79
XBI	SPDR S&P Biotech ETF	Biotechnology (Equal Wt)	INDUSTRY	0.59	0.65	0.66	0.70
XHS	SPDR S&P Health Care Services	Health Care Services	INDUSTRY	0.56	0.65	0.72	0.77
IHF	iShares Health Care Providers	Health Care Providers	INDUSTRY	0.51	0.61	0.72	0.80

STOCKS

Single-name peers

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

Ticker	Name	Sub-industry	1Y	3Y	5Y	10Y
AMGN	Amgen Inc.	Biotechnology	0.67	0.63	0.58	0.66
ABBV	AbbVie Inc.	Pharmaceuticals	0.61	0.59	0.55	0.61
A	Agilent Technologies	Life Sciences Tools & Services	0.51	0.57	0.64	0.68
ACAD	Acadia Pharmaceuticals	Pharmaceuticals	0.48	0.38	0.36	0.35
ABT	Abbott Laboratories	Health Care Equipment	0.47	0.49	0.61	0.71
ALKS	Alkermes plc	Pharmaceuticals	0.42	0.41	0.39	0.43
ALNY	Alnylam Pharmaceuticals	Biotechnology	0.39	0.37	0.37	0.38
ALGN	Align Technology	Health Care Supplies	0.39	0.40	0.45	0.51
ADMA	ADMA Biologics, Inc.	Biotechnology	0.33	0.34	0.35	0.24
ADUS	Addus HomeCare Corp.	Health Care Services	0.29	0.32	0.37	0.38
ALHC	Alignment Healthcare, Inc.	Health Care Services	0.20	0.20	0.29	—
AMN	Amn Healthcare Services, Inc.	Health Care Services	0.17	0.25	0.28	0.29
AHCO	AdaptHealth Corp.	Health Care Equipment	0.15	0.25	0.30	0.23
ACHC	Acadia Healthcare	Health Care Facilities	0.14	0.26	0.34	0.41

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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.