CGO News and Press, Calamos Global Total Return Fund From 09/02/22

Summary August was a month of significant changes in the structure of my overall portfolio, which now contains 22 securities. Thanks to the gain from the last securities that I purchased in the spring, I was able to close all previous positions that had been showing a continuous l...

CEF Focus Investing means selecting quality funds to have a steady stream of sustainable income over time. However, if we feel the imperative to stay fully invested in the market as it rises, we won’t have any cash to invest when prices fall. We should be aware that sooner ...

CGO is the global counterpart to CSQ, another Calamos fund that I'm invested in. Both of these funds are weighted more towards common stocks rather than convertibles. Calamos is more known for convertible investments; these funds hold some exposure there too. Written b...

21 out of 23 CEF sectors were positive on price and 16 out of 23 sectors were positive on NAV last week. Saba moves against SMM. XFLT closes a common share and convertible share offering. Author's note: This article was released to CEF/ETF Income Laboratory members on ...

Price is what you pay, value is what you get. In the case of CEFs, price and value rarely coincide. In fact, as we know, CEFs may price at a premium or at a discount to the value of their assets. Why this happens remains a mystery, but one that we have to deal with every time ...

Investing is simple: you just need to find quality titles, buy those titles at the lowest possible price, and keep them for the long term. Easy to say but not to do, at least for me, because I rank these steps in increasing order of difficulty. In this article I will describe, fro...

My financial assets are divided into three distinct income portfolios, which I named with the Florentine sobriquets of Cupolone, Giotto and Masaccio. The first two, Cupolone and Giotto, contain securities paying monthly distributions and are focused on CEFs, ETFs, and ETNs. Masacc...

We review CEF market valuation and performance through the second week of April and highlight recent market action. The recent rally fizzled as the CEF space fell sharply with most sectors dropping more than 1%. We highlight funds that are likely to be more resilient in the face o...

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...

Today, we are looking at how to tell if a fund might be paying a sustainable distribution or not. We use several examples covering both fixed-income and equity funds to help highlight their differences. Overall, fixed-income funds are more straightforward to analyze than equity fu...