SFBayDuck
Footballguy
Just don’t buy the same funds until February 27
I'm looking to harvest some tax losses in MFs and ETFs on this dip as well. From what I've been reading it's not very well defined what "substantially similar" actually means when it comes to funds, but as long as it doesn't follow the same benchmark index it shouldn't hit the criteria for wash sale. So if, for example, I own one that has a benchmark of the Russell 2000 I could sell it and buy one that has a benchmark of the CRSP Small Cap Index to meet my desired allocation to Small Cap Blend exposure. And if, after 30 days, that segment of the market has gone down further but I want to keep that allocation, I could harvest again and switch back (although if audited in the future I could see switching back and forth as potentially being problematic).
Anybody else have a different take on that?