Tax-loss harvesting alternatives for EFOR

Among the 10 IT Consulting & Other Services peers screened, CTSH (Cognizant Technology) has tracked EFOR most closely over the past year, with a return correlation of 0.52. The strongest fund stand-in is CLOU (Global X Cloud Computing ETF) at 0.41 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	0.52	0.50	0.50	0.50
ACN	Accenture plc	IT Consulting & Other Services	0.47	0.45	0.49	0.51
DXC	DXC Technology	IT Consulting & Other Services	0.47	0.45	0.43	0.46
IBM	IBM Corp.	IT Consulting & Other Services	0.45	0.38	0.38	0.43
EPAM	EPAM Systems	IT Consulting & Other Services	0.37	0.37	0.35	0.38
IT	Gartner	IT Consulting & Other Services	0.35	0.33	0.38	0.43
VYX	NCR Voyix	IT Consulting & Other Services	0.29	0.32	0.37	0.46
KD	Kyndryl	IT Consulting & Other Services	0.28	0.28	0.29	—
TDC	Teradata	IT Consulting & Other Services	0.11	0.20	0.25	0.27
ADEA	Adeia, Inc.	IT Consulting & Other Services	-0.01	0.12	0.19	0.26

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	0.41	0.41	0.44	0.42
IGV	iShares Expanded Tech-Software	Software	INDUSTRY	0.40	0.37	0.42	0.45
BUG	Global X Cybersecurity ETF	Cybersecurity	SUB-IND	0.31	0.34	0.38	0.37
HACK	ETFMG Prime Cyber Security	Cybersecurity	SUB-IND	0.30	0.33	0.39	0.44
FTEC	Fidelity MSCI Info Tech ETF	Tech Sector	SECTOR	0.07	0.18	0.32	0.43
VGT	Vanguard Info Tech ETF	Tech Sector	SECTOR	0.07	0.18	0.32	0.43
XLK	Technology Select Sector SPDR	Tech Sector	SECTOR	0.05	0.16	0.31	0.42
QQQ	Invesco QQQ Trust	Nasdaq 100	BROAD	0.05	0.17	0.32	0.42
QQQM	Invesco Nasdaq 100 ETF	Nasdaq 100	BROAD	0.04	0.17	0.32	—
SMH	VanEck Semiconductor ETF	Semiconductors	INDUSTRY	-0.12	0.05	0.21	0.34
SOXX	iShares Semiconductor ETF	Semiconductors	INDUSTRY	-0.15	0.04	0.20	0.34
PSI	Invesco Semiconductors ETF	Semiconductors	INDUSTRY	-0.16	0.03	0.19	0.33

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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.