Investment Ideas

How Calamos Alts Broke the Market’s Steepest Fall

Michael Grant
March 3, 2020

Last week's six-day market correction is proof that you can’t always count on having time to hedge equities. In a turbulent market, Calamos liquid alternative funds demonstrated the value of their role in client portfolios.

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Liquid Alternatives: 2019 Year in Review

January 13, 2020

How did alternative funds perform in 2019, a year distinguished by strong gains in most traditional asset classes? Our annual review, including interactive charts for closer analysis, provides a look at liquid alts assets, flows, returns and news highlights.

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August Was Wild, and Our Alts Worked

Eli Pars, Michael Grant
September 9, 2019

These are the markets our alternative funds are made for, an opportunity to demonstrate why they’re worthy of financial advisors' consideration as a core allocation in clients’ portfolios.

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How to Evaluate Options-based Strategies

August 21, 2019

To better appreciate the resilience of the Calamos Hedged Equity Fund (CIHEX) during periods of market volatility, we urge financial advisors to ask three simple questions when conducting due diligence on options-based strategies.

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