Tax-loss harvesting alternatives for ACN

Among the 10 IT Consulting & Other Services peers screened, CTSH (Cognizant Technology) has tracked ACN most closely over the past year, with a return correlation of 0.84. The strongest fund stand-in is CLOU (Global X Cloud Computing ETF) at 0.53 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
CTSH	Cognizant Technology	IT Consulting & Other Services	0.84	0.78	0.74	0.70
EPAM	EPAM Systems	IT Consulting & Other Services	0.74	0.64	0.54	0.57
IT	Gartner	IT Consulting & Other Services	0.66	0.60	0.61	0.61
DXC	DXC Technology	IT Consulting & Other Services	0.64	0.55	0.52	0.51
IBM	IBM Corp.	IT Consulting & Other Services	0.48	0.47	0.46	0.52
EFOR	Everforth Inc.	IT Consulting & Other Services	0.48	0.46	0.49	0.51
KD	Kyndryl	IT Consulting & Other Services	0.40	0.40	0.39	—
VYX	NCR Voyix	IT Consulting & Other Services	0.38	0.33	0.38	0.45
TDC	Teradata	IT Consulting & Other Services	0.25	0.29	0.33	0.33
ADEA	Adeia, Inc.	IT Consulting & Other Services	-0.14	0.04	0.13	0.19

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
CLOU	Global X Cloud Computing ETF	Cloud Computing	SUB-IND	0.53	0.52	0.57	0.59
IGV	iShares Expanded Tech-Software	Software	INDUSTRY	0.49	0.48	0.57	0.63
BUG	Global X Cybersecurity ETF	Cybersecurity	SUB-IND	0.38	0.43	0.49	0.51
HACK	ETFMG Prime Cyber Security	Cybersecurity	SUB-IND	0.34	0.40	0.49	0.56
FTEC	Fidelity MSCI Info Tech ETF	Tech Sector	SECTOR	-0.05	0.19	0.41	0.55
VGT	Vanguard Info Tech ETF	Tech Sector	SECTOR	-0.05	0.19	0.41	0.55
QQQM	Invesco Nasdaq 100 ETF	Nasdaq 100	BROAD	-0.08	0.18	0.42	—
QQQ	Invesco QQQ Trust	Nasdaq 100	BROAD	-0.08	0.18	0.42	0.54
XLK	Technology Select Sector SPDR	Tech Sector	SECTOR	-0.09	0.16	0.39	0.55
SMH	VanEck Semiconductor ETF	Semiconductors	INDUSTRY	-0.27	0.02	0.25	0.40
SOXX	iShares Semiconductor ETF	Semiconductors	INDUSTRY	-0.30	-0.00	0.23	0.38
PSI	Invesco Semiconductors ETF	Semiconductors	INDUSTRY	-0.32	-0.03	0.19	0.35

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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.