CCD News and Press, Calamos Dynamic Convertible & Income Fund From 04/09/22

For income investors, closed-end funds remain an attractive investment class that covers a variety of asset classes and promise high distributions and reasonable total returns. Closed-end funds are generally characterized by higher volatility and deeper drawdowns than the broad market...

A convertible bond combines features of stocks and traditional fixed income securities. In rising rate environments, convertibles have historically done quite well relative to longer-duration traditional fixed income investments. For a lot of investors, it’s tough to buy eq...

While primarily focused on CEFs, my investment portfolio also includes ETFs/ETNs and some individual stocks in order to broaden the range of sectors covered. It currently consists of 32 securities, divided into three distinct groups, each with a different investment strategy. Afte...

There will always be alarmists, creating fear about the next recession. Mr. Market won’t send you a notification that he is done being irrational. Don’t let fears stop you from building your passive income stream. Two picks with yields up to 9% will get you start...

Calamos Investments Wins 2022 Refinitiv Lipper's Best Overall Small Fund Family Award Award is based on outstanding three-year risk-adjusted performance across the firm's investment strategies; demonstrates Calamos' depth and breadth of investment expertise PR Newswire ...

Nobody begins an investment career with a fully-formed philosophy; it’s an achievement you can only realize after being exposed to life’s lessons. Twelve years ago, while “playing in the stock market,” I found myself overbalanced on natural gas but was save...

For income investors, closed-end funds remain an attractive investment class that covers a variety of asset classes and promise high distributions and reasonable total returns. Closed-end funds are generally characterized by higher volatility and deeper drawdowns than the broad market...

An American expert on horse race betting, Andrew Beyer, defined the psychological aspects related to the behavior of gamblers in two categories: “prime bets” and “action bets”. CEFs composing my Cupolone Income Portfolio are “prime bets;” they...

For income investors, closed-end funds remain an attractive investment class that covers a variety of asset classes and promise high distributions and reasonable total returns. Closed-end funds are generally characterized by higher volatility and deeper drawdowns than the broad market...

NAV performance, discount on NAV, and leverage constitute the three main parameters of my rule of thumb to select funds for a long-term CEF portfolio. I’m contemplating adding a fourth metric, Total Return, which is calculated based on the amount of distributions plus the chang...