Tax-loss harvesting alternatives for SMH

The closest fund alternative to SMH (Semiconductors) is SOXX (iShares Semiconductor ETF), with a return correlation of 0.99 over the past year. Among single names in the fund's slice of the market, AMAT (Applied Materials) tracks it most closely at 0.86 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
SOXX	iShares Semiconductor ETF	Semiconductors	INDUSTRY	0.99	0.98	0.99	0.99
PSI	Invesco Semiconductors ETF	Semiconductors	INDUSTRY	0.95	0.95	0.96	0.96
XLK	Technology Select Sector SPDR	Tech Sector	SECTOR	0.93	0.93	0.92	0.90
XSD	SPDR S&P Semiconductor ETF	Semiconductors (Equal Wt)	INDUSTRY	0.92	0.91	0.93	0.94
FTEC	Fidelity MSCI Info Tech ETF	Tech Sector	SECTOR	0.91	0.92	0.92	0.90
VGT	Vanguard Info Tech ETF	Tech Sector	SECTOR	0.91	0.92	0.92	0.90
QQQ	Invesco QQQ Trust	Nasdaq 100	BROAD	0.91	0.90	0.89	0.88
QQQM	Invesco Nasdaq 100 ETF	Nasdaq 100	BROAD	0.91	0.90	0.89	—
HACK	ETFMG Prime Cyber Security	Cybersecurity	SUB-IND	0.33	0.56	0.63	0.68
BUG	Global X Cybersecurity ETF	Cybersecurity	SUB-IND	0.23	0.44	0.54	0.58
IGV	iShares Expanded Tech-Software	Software	INDUSTRY	0.23	0.53	0.65	0.71
XSW	SPDR S&P Software & Services	Software (Equal Wt)	INDUSTRY	0.20	0.49	0.62	0.68

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Single-name peers

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

Ticker	Name	Sub-industry	1Y	3Y	5Y	10Y
AMAT	Applied Materials	Semiconductor Materials & Equipment	0.86	0.85	0.87	0.88
ASML	ASML Holding	Semiconductor Materials & Equipment	0.83	0.82	0.85	0.85
AMKR	Amkor Technology	Semiconductors	0.77	0.75	0.76	0.73
COHU	Cohu, Inc.	Semiconductor Materials & Equipment	0.76	0.71	0.74	0.68
AEIS	Advanced Energy	Semiconductor Materials & Equipment	0.76	0.75	0.76	0.76
AMD	Advanced Micro Devices	Semiconductors	0.75	0.75	0.80	0.71
ALGM	Allegro MicroSystems	Semiconductors	0.73	0.67	0.70	—
ACMR	ACM Research, Inc.	Semiconductor Materials & Equipment	0.72	0.57	0.57	0.51
ADI	Analog Devices	Semiconductors	0.71	0.73	0.78	0.81
ACLS	Axcelis Technologies, Inc.	Semiconductor Materials & Equipment	0.70	0.71	0.75	0.73
AOSL	Alpha and Omega Semiconductor, Ltd.	Semiconductors	0.67	0.62	0.66	0.62
AVGO	Broadcom Inc.	Semiconductors	0.67	0.76	0.77	0.78
DIOD	Diodes Incorporated	Semiconductors	0.66	0.63	0.71	0.72
CRUS	Cirrus Logic	Semiconductors	0.45	0.57	0.63	0.65

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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.