Investment Ideas

Grant on Minimizing Risk When Shorting Stocks

Michael Grant
February 1, 2021

It's important to understand both the fundamentals and the kind of stock to be shorted, says Calamos Co-CIO Michael Grant, Head of Long/Short Strategies and Senior Co-Portfolio Manager.

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Looking for Income? Don’t Overlook Closed-end Fund CPZ

Robert F. Bush, Jr.
January 14, 2021

With wide investment parameters by design, Calamos Long/Short Equity & Dynamic Income Trust (CPZ) may invest and participate in a plethora of investments and strategies seeking to not only optimize the total return and income aspects of the portfolio, but also potentially mitigate market risk across the spectrum of its investible assets.

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Volatility Is Our Specialty, 2020 Confirms

Brandon Nelson, CFA, Eli Pars, Jason Hill, John Hillenbrand, Michael Grant
December 14, 2020

We revisit some of what Calamos portfolio management teams were saying (and doing) as markets began to reflect the uncertainty related to COVID-19 and its repercussions—and the impact of positioning decisions made, largely in the tumult of the first half of the year.

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