Tax-loss harvesting alternatives for HLI

Among the 13 Investment Banking & Brokerage peers screened, PJT (PJT Partners, Inc.) has tracked HLI most closely over the past year, with a return correlation of 0.67. The strongest fund stand-in is VFH (Vanguard Financials ETF) 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
PJT	PJT Partners, Inc.	Investment Banking & Brokerage	0.67	0.73	0.69	0.61
MC	Moelis & Company	Investment Banking & Brokerage	0.63	0.73	0.72	0.65
EVR	Evercore	Investment Banking & Brokerage	0.59	0.72	0.71	0.62
PIPR	Piper Sandler Companies	Investment Banking & Brokerage	0.59	0.72	0.72	0.62
SF	Stifel	Investment Banking & Brokerage	0.52	0.66	0.65	0.56
RJF	Raymond James	Investment Banking & Brokerage	0.41	0.58	0.58	0.52
MS	Morgan Stanley	Investment Banking & Brokerage	0.38	0.59	0.58	0.52
GS	Goldman Sachs	Investment Banking & Brokerage	0.37	0.59	0.59	0.52
SCHW	Charles Schwab	Investment Banking & Brokerage	0.32	0.43	0.45	0.45
SNEX	StoneX Group Inc.	Investment Banking & Brokerage	0.31	0.38	0.39	0.39
BGC	BGC Group, Inc.	Investment Banking & Brokerage	0.29	0.37	0.38	0.37
IBKR	Interactive Brokers	Investment Banking & Brokerage	0.26	0.41	0.43	0.43
HOOD	Robinhood Markets	Investment Banking & Brokerage	0.23	0.35	0.37	—

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
VFH	Vanguard Financials ETF	Financials Sector	SECTOR	0.51	0.66	0.65	0.55
IYF	iShares US Financials ETF	Financials Sector	SECTOR	0.50	0.66	0.65	0.55
IAI	iShares Broker-Dealers & Exchanges	Capital Markets	INDUSTRY	0.49	0.66	0.67	0.61
XLF	Financial Select Sector SPDR	Financials Sector	SECTOR	0.49	0.63	0.63	0.53
IPAY	ETFMG Prime Mobile Payments	Payments	SUB-IND	0.45	0.57	0.56	0.50
KBWB	Invesco KBW Bank ETF	Large Banks	INDUSTRY	0.42	0.62	0.60	0.51
KBE	SPDR S&P Bank ETF	Banks	INDUSTRY	0.41	0.59	0.59	0.51
FINX	Global X FinTech ETF	FinTech	SUB-IND	0.39	0.53	0.53	0.50
KRE	SPDR S&P Regional Banking ETF	Regional Banks	SUB-IND	0.38	0.57	0.56	0.49
ARKF	ARK Fintech Innovation ETF	FinTech (Active)	SUB-IND	0.32	0.48	0.48	0.45
KIE	SPDR S&P Insurance ETF	Insurance	INDUSTRY	0.32	0.47	0.53	0.47
IAK	iShares US Insurance ETF	Insurance	INDUSTRY	0.26	0.41	0.46	0.44

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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.