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SHM tax-loss harvesting alternatives

State Street SPDR Nuveen ICE Short Term Municipal Bond ETF (State Street) tracks ICE 1-5 Year AMT-Free Broad Municipal Index. If you hold SHM at a loss, these ETFs track a different index, which generally makes them less likely to be considered “substantially identical” — while still moving closely with SHM during the 31-day wait.

Held fundIndex trackedIssuerExpense ratioAUMHoldingsCategory
SHM
State Street SPDR Nuveen ICE Short Term Municipal Bond ETF
ICE 1-5 Year AMT-Free Broad Municipal IndexState Street0.20%$3.48B1106Municipal bond

Sources: issuer fund page · public fund profile. Fund data as of 2026-10-16.

SHM wash sale alternatives (different index)

ETFIndex trackedIssuerExpense ratioAUM1-yr correlationHoldings overlapNotes
VTEB
Vanguard Tax-Exempt Bond ETF
S&P National AMT-Free Municipal BondVanguard0.03%$51.55B0.765n/adifferent indexloose match
TFI
State Street SPDR Nuveen ICE Municipal Bond ETF
ICE AMT-Free US Select Municipal IndexState Street0.23%$2.92B0.752n/adifferent indexloose match
MUB
iShares National Muni Bond ETF
ICE AMT-Free US National MunicipalBlackRock0.05%$49.93B0.736n/adifferent indexloose match
SUB
iShares Short-Term National Muni Bond ETF
ICE Short Maturity AMT-Free US National MunicipalBlackRock0.07%$12.48B0.726n/adifferent indexloose match

Sorted by 1-year correlation of daily total returns with SHM (through 2026-10-16). Holdings overlap = sum of the smaller weight of each common stock, from issuer holdings files; “n/a” where the issuer does not offer a free download or for bond/international/commodity funds. Hover a value for its as-of dates.

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30-day wash-sale calendar for SHM

The window is 30 calendar days before and after the sale (61 days total, IRC §1091(a)). Buying the replacement fund right away is the point of a swap; the dates above are about buying back the fund you sold, or anything substantially identical to it.

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