You think peanut butter and chocolate are an appealing combination? Try mixing Calamos Market Neutral Income Fund (CMNIX) and Calamos Convertible Fund (CICVX).
Read PostTo reduce vulnerability to rising rates but also to build in some equity upside, retirement benefits consultants are gravitating toward Calamos Market Neutral Income Fund (CMNIX) to fund cash balance plans.
Read PostHere’s why we call the market neutral fund category leader both consistent and resilient.
Read PostThe structural benefits of convertibles securities helped convertible funds outperform both the S&P 500 and the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index in the high inflationary period between 1979 and 1981.
Read PostThe declining interest rates of the past decade provided a strong tailwind for bond funds. And yet, Calamos Market Neutral Income Fund (CMNIX) managed to add value by delivering a bond-like return with a bond-like standard deviation but without the bond-like risk exposures.
Read PostCMNIX is now in the new Relative Value Arbitrage category, with just eight funds. With such a small set of data points, Morningstar has determined that funds in this category will not be assigned a star rating.
Read PostRising rate periods help illustrate the benefit of diversifying with fixed income alternative Calamos Market Neutral Income Fund (CMNIX).
Read PostNotwithstanding the markets' spectacular rebound last year—and mindful that this February stocks are back to trading at record highs—we’ll return to our original premise: There’s merit to seeking to minimize the depth and length of a drawdown.
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 PostThe majority of liquid alternative categories outperformed the S&P 500 during the drawdown last year, but there’s much more to know—AUM, returns, performance dispersion, flows—about alts in 2020. Our annual review has it all, and interactive charts to enable your own analysis.
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