Investment Ideas

More on Convertibles and Rising Interest Rates

October 21, 2021

Our 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.

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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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How 2020 Makes the Case for Staying Invested

November 16, 2020

The market moved fast in both directions in 2020. The S&P 500 plunged into a bear market in a record 16 days and then recovered in a record 126 days. Through November 13, it's posted 11 all-time highs. Fortunately, there’s an alternative to hopping in and out of stocks, hoping to outfox the market.

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