Joe Cusick, Vice President, Portfolio Specialist, elaborates on various aspects of market behavior, risk management and trading strategies associated with options-based funds as he answers questions frequently asked by financial advisors.
Read PostOur April 2 webcast for financial advisors will feature the CMNIX, CIHEX team on using hedged options strategies as a way to keep your clients in the market while potentially protecting them against the downside.
Read PostEli Pars, Calamos Co-CIO and Head of Alternative Strategies, talks with The Wall Street Transcript about how Calamos Hedged Equity Fund (CIHEX) and Calamos Market Neutral Income Fund (CMNIX) seek to capitalize on volatility by using options strategies.
Read PostThe equity market in December posed a real-life downside stress test, requiring CMNIX to prioritize downside protection over opportunity.
Read PostOur alternatives portfolio management teams use a range of tools to minimize drawdowns and preserve capital.
Read PostCIHEX is an equity alternative whose 2018 performance demonstrated how it dampened the effect of volatility.
Read PostThese charts were among the most effective for discussing opportunities in 2018, a year characterized by the return of volatility, rising rates and technology stocks’ falling back to earth.
Read PostCalamos liquid alternative funds have worked over full market cycles and during 2018’s bursts of volatility.
Read PostAs the Calamos Hedged Equity Income Fund (CIHEX) pursues upside participation in equity markets, it uses a covered call strategy attempting to limit downside risk. Over time, the fund’s options-based risk management strategy seeks to generate returns with less volatility.
Read PostA look at the strong performance of Calamos convertible-using funds, hedged equity and long/short equity funds in rising rate periods.
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