When interest rates rise, convertibles have performed much better than traditional fixed income. What’s more, the convertible market is healthy and broadening, having set a record in 2021 for the number of first-time issuers and borrowers less than three years old.
Read PostYou think peanut butter and chocolate are an appealing combination? Try mixing Calamos Market Neutral Income Fund (CMNIX) and Calamos Convertible Fund (CICVX).
Read PostOur recently updated Convertible Securities: Structures, Valuation, Market Environment and Asset Allocation guide, by Calamos Founder, Chairman and Global CIO John P. Calamos, Sr., with Co-CIO and Senior Portfolio Manager Eli Pars provides additional insights on the relationship of the asset class and rising interest rates.
Read PostHave it your way: Calamos’ six actively managed open-end funds use convertibles to support a variety of asset allocation goals.
Read PostAnd, for those using convertibles to pursue equity gains, the convert market looks more "growth-y" from a sales perspective versus the broader market than it has in the past 20 years, according to the Calamos Convertible Fund (CICVX) portfolio management team.
Read PostReplays provide insights on preparing for what's ahead for the economy and convertible securities, liquid alternatives, emerging markets, and U.S. and small cap equities markets.
Read PostToday’s convertible market has rarely been as “growthy” as it is today. To the Calamos Convertible Fund (CICVX) team, excess sales growth is a key indicator of the intrinsic value of the issuers—and reason for their optimism about what’s ahead.
Read PostConverts were “almost tailor-made for the circumstances of spring 2020,” and it’s easy to “imagine future economic dislocations on the horizon,” according to The Economist on July 10. The coverage focuses on convertible bonds as a “flexible source of capital,” offering advantages over straight debt or equity for both issuers and investors.
Read PostRecent declines in the stocks underlying convertibles—resulting in “throwing the baby out with the bathwater,” in some cases—have provided an opportunity for the Calamos team.
Read PostThe structural benefits of convertibles securities helped convertible funds outperform both the S&P 500 and the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index in the high inflationary period between 1979 and 1981.
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