Tax-loss harvesting alternatives for WD

Among the 3 Commercial & Residential Mortgage Finance peers screened, NMIH (NMI Holdings, Inc.) has tracked WD most closely over the past year, with a return correlation of 0.29. The strongest fund stand-in is KBE (SPDR S&P Bank ETF) at 0.37 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
NMIH	NMI Holdings, Inc.	Commercial & Residential Mortgage Finance	0.29	0.43	0.46	0.51
ESNT	Essent Group Ltd.	Commercial & Residential Mortgage Finance	0.23	0.42	0.51	0.54
ACT	Enact Holdings, Inc.	Commercial & Residential Mortgage Finance	0.21	0.36	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
KBE	SPDR S&P Bank ETF	Banks	INDUSTRY	0.37	0.58	0.62	0.64
IPAY	ETFMG Prime Mobile Payments	Payments	SUB-IND	0.37	0.49	0.56	0.54
KRE	SPDR S&P Regional Banking ETF	Regional Banks	SUB-IND	0.34	0.56	0.59	0.62
VFH	Vanguard Financials ETF	Financials Sector	SECTOR	0.34	0.49	0.56	0.60
IYF	iShares US Financials ETF	Financials Sector	SECTOR	0.32	0.47	0.55	0.59
XLF	Financial Select Sector SPDR	Financials Sector	SECTOR	0.31	0.45	0.53	0.57
FINX	Global X FinTech ETF	FinTech	SUB-IND	0.29	0.45	0.53	0.49
KBWB	Invesco KBW Bank ETF	Large Banks	INDUSTRY	0.28	0.49	0.54	0.58
ARKF	ARK Fintech Innovation ETF	FinTech (Active)	SUB-IND	0.25	0.40	0.48	0.45
IAI	iShares Broker-Dealers & Exchanges	Capital Markets	INDUSTRY	0.24	0.42	0.50	0.53
KIE	SPDR S&P Insurance ETF	Insurance	INDUSTRY	0.18	0.34	0.45	0.56
IAK	iShares US Insurance ETF	Insurance	INDUSTRY	0.10	0.26	0.37	0.52

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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.