In a November 16 webcast, Co-CIO Eli Pars summarizes how Calamos Market Neutral Income Fund’s arbitrage and hedged equity strategies performed strongly during an unprecedented period of rising interest rates, once again proving CMNIX’s value as a bond alternative in a fixed income allocation.
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Read PostWe have experienced historic monetary policy shifts and their impact on markets over recent months. While changing interest rates can create challenges for traditional bond strategies, Calamos Market Neutral Income Fund (CMNIX) is designed to address these challenges, allowing investors to enhance their fixed income allocations.
Read PostHere’s why we call Calamos Market Neutral Income Fund (CMNIX) both consistent and resilient.
Read PostAs 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.
Read PostOn a February 14 webcast, Co-CIO Eli Pars shared his thoughts on a convergence of factors that bode well for Calamos Market Neutral Income Fund (CMNIX) in 2023, including upbeat convertible arbitrage expectations, a bullish convertible issuance outlook, and the fund’s ongoing ability to deliver low-duration diversification.
Read PostInvestment professionals joined us December 6 for a review of 2022 and a look ahead to the new year with Eli Pars, CFA, Co-CIO, Head of Alternative Strategies, Co-Head of Convertible Strategies, and Senior Co-Portfolio Manager.
Read PostIn 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.
Read PostThe structural benefits of convertible securities helped convertible funds outperform both the S&P 500 and the Bloomberg US Aggregate Bond Index in the high inflationary period between 1979 and 1981.
Read PostTo 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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