Tax-loss harvesting alternatives for XPH

The closest fund alternative to XPH (Pharmaceuticals (Equal Wt)) is XBI (SPDR S&P Biotech ETF), with a return correlation of 0.82 over the past year. Among single names in the fund's slice of the market, ACAD (Acadia Pharmaceuticals) tracks it most closely at 0.51 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
XBI	SPDR S&P Biotech ETF	Biotechnology (Equal Wt)	INDUSTRY	0.82	0.80	0.80	0.80
IBB	iShares Biotechnology ETF	Biotechnology	INDUSTRY	0.77	0.80	0.81	0.82
IHE	iShares US Pharmaceuticals ETF	Pharmaceuticals	INDUSTRY	0.75	0.80	0.80	0.87
VHT	Vanguard Health Care ETF	Health Care Sector	SECTOR	0.61	0.71	0.74	0.79
FHLC	Fidelity MSCI Health Care ETF	Health Care Sector	SECTOR	0.60	0.71	0.74	0.79
ARKG	ARK Genomic Revolution ETF	Genomics (Active)	INDUSTRY	0.58	0.66	0.70	0.70
PPH	VanEck Pharma ETF	Pharmaceuticals	INDUSTRY	0.56	0.64	0.67	0.78
IYH	iShares US Healthcare ETF	Health Care Sector	SECTOR	0.55	0.67	0.70	0.76
XLV	Health Care Select Sector SPDR	Health Care Sector	SECTOR	0.52	0.64	0.67	0.73
XHS	SPDR S&P Health Care Services	Health Care Services	INDUSTRY	0.39	0.55	0.65	0.69
IHI	iShares Medical Devices ETF	Medical Devices	SUB-IND	0.32	0.50	0.59	0.64
IHF	iShares Health Care Providers	Health Care Providers	INDUSTRY	0.23	0.34	0.46	0.59

STOCKS

Single-name peers

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

Ticker	Name	Sub-industry	1Y	3Y	5Y	10Y
ACAD	Acadia Pharmaceuticals	Pharmaceuticals	0.51	0.43	0.43	0.40
INDV	Indivior	Pharmaceuticals	0.49	0.33	0.05	0.04
ALKS	Alkermes plc	Pharmaceuticals	0.46	0.48	0.45	0.49
AMRX	Amneal Pharmaceuticals	Pharmaceuticals	0.45	0.47	0.42	0.47
ELAN	Elanco	Pharmaceuticals	0.43	0.44	0.49	0.51
BMY	Bristol-Myers Squibb	Pharmaceuticals	0.40	0.45	0.42	0.49
AZN	AstraZeneca	Pharmaceuticals	0.39	0.40	0.40	0.43
COLL	Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc.	Pharmaceuticals	0.39	0.39	0.41	0.40
ANIP	ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	Pharmaceuticals	0.37	0.38	0.37	0.46
AMPH	Amphstar Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	Pharmaceuticals	0.37	0.42	0.38	0.45
INVA	Innoviva, Inc.	Pharmaceuticals	0.37	0.41	0.40	0.47
GSK	GSK plc	Pharmaceuticals	0.36	0.37	0.35	0.42
CORT	Corcept Therapeutics Incorporated	Pharmaceuticals	0.33	0.34	0.35	0.35
ABBV	AbbVie Inc.	Pharmaceuticals	0.30	0.37	0.34	0.45

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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.