1000 Basis Points: CPLIX’s Q4 Difference
January 11, 2019
How much more can equity investors take? The S&P 500 fell by more than 5% not just once but three times in 2018, and the year ended with the largest weekly outflow in stock funds ($46 billion between Dec. 5 and Dec. 12) since Lipper began tracking weekly flows in 1992.
Financial advisors, whether capital preservation is your top priority right now or you’re focused on risk-adjusted returns over a full market cycle, consider the role that Calamos Phineus Long/Short Fund (CPLIX) can play in your clients’ portfolios.
Further, we can divide the September to December period in two. The S&P struggled most from December 4 to December 24 when it fell -15.64% versus CPLIX's decline of -6.53%.
Earlier, from September 21 to November 23, the S&P dropped -9.88% while CPLIX was down just -3.95%.
Overall, during the stock market drawdown from September to December 2018, CPLIX outperformed the index by more than 1000 basis points (see chart below).
The fund’s differentiation from the Morningstar Long/Short category—CPLIX goes its own way, as suggested in this comparison of its beta versus its long/short equity peers—is a consistent characteristic of the fund. The tendency of the correlation of many long/short funds to have floated much closer to the S&P is what’s prompted Michael Grant, Calamos Co-CIO, Head of Global Long/Short Strategies and Senior Portfolio Manager of CPLIX, to call other long/short funds “long light.”
Here’s CPLIX’s performance against its peers in the Morningstar Long-Short Equity category during the selloffs.
Advisors, talk to your Calamos Investment Consultant about why CPLIX has outpaced the S&P 500 since its inception in 2002. He or she can be reached at 888-571-2567 or caminfo@calamos.com.
Calamos was #1 in flows to funds in the Morningstar Alternatives Category in 2018, and ranks fourth on the list of alternative fund managers by assets under management as of 12/31/18.
Click here to view CPLIX's standardized performance.
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