Tax-loss harvesting alternatives for GM

Among the 8 Automobile Manufacturers peers screened, F (Ford Motor Co.) has tracked GM most closely over the past year, with a return correlation of 0.56. The strongest fund stand-in is FDIS (Fidelity MSCI Consumer Discretionary) at 0.51 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
F	Ford Motor Co.	Automobile Manufacturers	0.56	0.63	0.73	0.73
TM	Toyota Motor	Automobile Manufacturers	0.42	0.39	0.45	0.46
HMC	Honda Motor Co.	Automobile Manufacturers	0.42	0.39	0.46	0.51
STLA	Stellantis N.V.	Automobile Manufacturers	0.38	0.49	0.55	0.57
WGO	Winnebago Industries, Inc.	Automobile Manufacturers	0.36	0.37	0.43	0.45
RIVN	Rivian Automotive	Automobile Manufacturers	0.27	0.26	0.37	—
LCID	Lucid Group	Automobile Manufacturers	0.25	0.23	0.30	—
TSLA	Tesla Inc.	Automobile Manufacturers	0.23	0.25	0.36	0.32

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
FDIS	Fidelity MSCI Consumer Discretionary	Cons Discretionary Sector	SECTOR	0.51	0.48	0.59	0.60
VCR	Vanguard Consumer Discretionary	Cons Discretionary Sector	SECTOR	0.51	0.48	0.58	0.60
IYC	iShares US Consumer Discretionary	Cons Discretionary Sector	SECTOR	0.50	0.48	0.60	0.61
XLY	Consumer Discretionary SPDR	Cons Discretionary Sector	SECTOR	0.50	0.46	0.57	0.60
PEJ	Invesco Leisure & Entertainment	Leisure & Entertainment	INDUSTRY	0.48	0.48	0.58	0.62
XRT	SPDR S&P Retail ETF	Retail	INDUSTRY	0.46	0.49	0.58	0.57
XHB	SPDR S&P Homebuilders ETF	Homebuilders	SUB-IND	0.45	0.45	0.53	0.59
ITB	iShares US Home Construction	Homebuilders	SUB-IND	0.43	0.41	0.49	0.53
RTH	VanEck Retail ETF	Retail	INDUSTRY	0.37	0.38	0.49	0.50
DRIV	Global X Autonomous & EV ETF	Autonomous & EV	INDUSTRY	0.35	0.45	0.59	0.62
CARZ	First Trust S-Network EV & FV	Autos & EVs	INDUSTRY	0.31	0.38	0.53	0.60
BETZ	Roundhill Sports Betting iGaming	Sports Betting	SUB-IND	0.29	0.37	0.51	0.49

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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.