Most significantly, according to Calamos Timpani Small Cap Growth Fund (CTSIX) Senior Portfolio Manager Brandon Nelson, the market appears to be getting over its obsession with macroeconomic conditions. A shift in investors' attention back to bottom-up earnings stories would be a positive for small caps and the fund.
Read PostPositive but decelerating growth marks the transition from early to mid-cycle and favors higher quality growth, says John Hillenbrand, CPA, Co-CIO, Head of Multi-Asset Strategies and Co-Head of Convertible Strategies, Senior Co-Portfolio Manager of the Calamos Growth and Income Fund (CGIIX).
Read PostAnd, for those using convertibles to pursue equity gains, the convert market looks more "growth-y" from a sales perspective versus the broader market than it has in the past 20 years, according to the Calamos Convertible Fund (CICVX) portfolio management team.
Read PostThe determination to "not let one stock ruin the whole year" is what partly explains the performance gap between Calamos Timpani Small Cap Growth Fund (CTSIX) and its benchmark, according to Brandon M. Nelson, CFA, Senior Vice President and Senior Portfolio Manager.
Read PostThe Fed’s ongoing consideration of YCC is relevant, says Christian Brobst, Calamos Vice President and Associate Portfolio Manager, for the two significant risks it could introduce: the potential for increased inflation and the need to unwind the policy at some point.
Read PostConsider Calamos Hedged Equity Fund (CIHEX) as a “bullish” way to rebalance: It can help you keep client assets in an equity strategy while reducing their equity beta, allowing for both upside equity potential and risk mitigation, without moving assets into fixed income.
Read PostOut well ahead of the S&P 500 and the Russell 2000 Growth Index, Calamos Timpani Small Cap Growth Fund (CTSIX) is positioned for the early stages of a new bull market—a period when small caps perform particularly well.
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