In a September 13 webcast, Co-CIO Eli Pars shared his thoughts on how Calamos Market Neutral Income Fund has stacked up against traditional fixed income when it comes to real-world challenges of modulating interest rates, credit market challenges, and volatility trends.
Read PostVideo Q&A with Co-CIO, Head of Alternative Strategies, Co-Head of Convertible Strategies and Senior Co-Portfolio Manager Eli Pars touches on convertibles' rising rate period performance, diversifying fixed income and equity holdings with converts, the global convertible market and active management when investing in converts.
Read PostSwings in volatility enable the portfolio management team of Calamos Hedged Equity Fund (CIHEX) to do what they do best—continually make adjustments to improve the current payoff.
Read PostHigher volatility provides a better, target-rich environment for the portfolio management team of Calamos Market Neutral Income Fund (CMNIX)—the top-selling alternative fund of 2021—to add alpha.
Read PostAs an opportunistic strategy intended to enhance income, Calamos Market Neutral Income Fund (CMNIX) can now invest up to 10% in Special Purpose Acquisition Corporations (SPACs), up from its previous limit of 5%.
Read PostCalamos Market Neutral Income Fund (CMNIX), managed as a replacement for intermediate fixed income in terms of risk and return, employs convertible arbitrage, hedged equity and now SPACs strategies, as explained by Co-CIO, Head of Alternative Strategies and Co-Head of Convertible Strategies, Senior Co-Portfolio Manager Eli Pars.
Read PostMultiple catalysts—including ongoing political and social issues, corporate earnings announcements, COVID-19 itself/vaccine delays, equity valuations and social media’s continued role in the markets—have the potential to create short-term market shocks this year.
Read PostMuch of the value created with the active approach of Calamos Hedged Equity Fund (CIHEX) comes in periods after larger market moves. The fund has the ability to create that extra edge, to capture a higher percentage of up moves than down moves.
Read PostWe revisit some of what Calamos portfolio management teams were saying (and doing) as markets began to reflect the uncertainty related to COVID-19 and its repercussions—and the impact of positioning decisions made, largely in the tumult of the first half of the year.
Read PostThe Calamos Market Neutral Income Fund (CMNIX) team anticipates heightened volatility and additional opportunity in what seems likely to be a politically charged fourth quarter.
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