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 0.52 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	0.69
EPAM	EPAM Systems	IT Consulting & Other Services	0.74	0.63	0.55	0.57
IT	Gartner	IT Consulting & Other Services	0.66	0.60	0.61	0.61
DXC	DXC Technology	IT Consulting & Other Services	0.61	0.53	0.50	0.51
IBM	IBM Corp.	IT Consulting & Other Services	0.46	0.47	0.46	0.52
EFOR	Everforth Inc.	IT Consulting & Other Services	0.45	0.44	0.48	0.51
VYX	NCR Voyix	IT Consulting & Other Services	0.43	0.34	0.40	0.46
KD	Kyndryl	IT Consulting & Other Services	0.37	0.39	0.38	—
TDC	Teradata	IT Consulting & Other Services	0.24	0.28	0.32	0.32
ADEA	Adeia, Inc.	IT Consulting & Other Services	-0.13	0.05	0.14	0.21

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	0.52	0.52	0.57	0.59
IGV	iShares Expanded Tech-Software	Software	INDUSTRY	0.48	0.48	0.58	0.63
BUG	Global X Cybersecurity ETF	Cybersecurity	SUB-IND	0.39	0.44	0.51	0.52
HACK	ETFMG Prime Cyber Security	Cybersecurity	SUB-IND	0.33	0.40	0.51	0.57
VGT	Vanguard Info Tech ETF	Tech Sector	SECTOR	-0.08	0.20	0.43	0.57
FTEC	Fidelity MSCI Info Tech ETF	Tech Sector	SECTOR	-0.08	0.20	0.43	0.57
QQQM	Invesco Nasdaq 100 ETF	Nasdaq 100	BROAD	-0.10	0.20	0.44	—
QQQ	Invesco QQQ Trust	Nasdaq 100	BROAD	-0.10	0.19	0.44	0.56
XLK	Technology Select Sector SPDR	Tech Sector	SECTOR	-0.12	0.17	0.41	0.56
SMH	VanEck Semiconductor ETF	Semiconductors	INDUSTRY	-0.29	0.03	0.28	0.42
SOXX	iShares Semiconductor ETF	Semiconductors	INDUSTRY	-0.32	0.01	0.26	0.40
PSI	Invesco Semiconductors ETF	Semiconductors	INDUSTRY	-0.34	-0.02	0.22	0.37

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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.