Investment Ideas

CMNIX: All Weather Through the Decades

March 1, 2023

As one of the oldest liquid alternative funds, CMNIX has demonstrated its merits through a variety of market and interest rate environments. In every decade since the fund’s inception, diversifying a traditional bond portfolio with a 25% allocation to CMNIX could have provided meaningful risk-adjusted outperformance.

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How CMNIX Has Battled Volatility Over Its 31 Years

May 23, 2022

In Calamos Market Neutral Income Fund's 31 years, all but three have ended with positive returns. Intra-year drawdowns, however, have occurred every year. In fact, there have been six years—19% of the time—when the drawdown exceeded 5% and the year finished positive.

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What Could An Income and Equity Alternative Do for a 60/40 Portfolio? Meet the Half Caff

March 25, 2022

To rebalance back to a 60% allocation of unhedged long-only equity and a 40% allocation likely to generate just the skinniest of fixed income returns is to ignore today’s environment. Instead, let us introduce you to the diversification benefits of our blend of equal parts fixed income alternative Calamos Market Neutral Income Fund (CMNIX) and equity alternative Calamos Phineus Long/Short Fund (CPLIX).

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Calamos Named Best Overall Fund Group

March 10, 2022

Acknowledging outstanding investment performance across a breadth of investment strategies, the Refinitiv Lipper Fund Awards recognize Calamos Investments as the US 2022 Best Overall Small Fund Family Over Three Years.

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