Calamos Strategic Correlations

CSQ Fund  USD 19.16  0.40  2.13%   
The current 90-days correlation between Calamos Strategic Total and BlackRock Credit Allocation is 0.41 (i.e., Very weak diversification). The correlation of Calamos Strategic is a statistical measure of how it moves in relation to other instruments. This measure is expressed in what is known as the correlation coefficient, which ranges between -1 and +1. A correlation greater than 0.8 is generally described as strong, whereas a correlation less than 0.5 is generally considered weak. If the correlation is 0, the equities are not correlated; they are entirely random.

Calamos Strategic Correlation With Market

Very poor diversification

The correlation between Calamos Strategic Total and DJI is 0.89 (i.e., Very poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Calamos Strategic Total and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
Check out Trending Equities to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in Calamos Strategic Total. Also, note that the market value of any fund could be closely tied with the direction of predictive economic indicators such as signals in main economic indicators.

Moving together with Calamos Fund

  0.79CCD Calamos Dynamic ConvPairCorr
  0.84LAGIX Ladenburg AggressivePairCorr
  0.84VGIAX Vanguard Growth AndPairCorr
  0.66EEMPX Mfs Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.83FTCWX Fidelity Asset ManagerPairCorr
  0.79USWGX World GrowthPairCorr
  0.9FAITX American Funds 2050PairCorr
  0.78FCCTX American Funds 2020PairCorr
  0.85TRRMX T Rowe PricePairCorr
  0.82MAGMX Mfs Growth AllocationPairCorr
  0.62AIDYX Diversified MunicipalPairCorr
  0.72EKWYX Wells Fargo AdvantagePairCorr
  0.9AAOTX American Funds 2065PairCorr
  0.67HLDRX Hartford EmergingPairCorr
  0.62PCRIX CommodityrealreturnPairCorr
  0.84VHYLX Valic Company IPairCorr
  0.77GACIX Gabelli SmallPairCorr
  0.61JAFLX Flexible Bond PortfolioPairCorr
  0.75AWTAX Allianzgi Global WaterPairCorr
  0.87JVTAX Janus VenturePairCorr
  0.85JSIZX Jpmorgan SmartretirementPairCorr
  0.94GWPFX American Funds GrowthPairCorr
  0.68ACCWX Invesco Porate BondPairCorr
  0.86LINIX Blackrock Lifepath IdxPairCorr
  0.81SZCCX Deutsche Small CapPairCorr
  0.68ASDAX Aamhimco Short DurationPairCorr
  0.7TEOJX Transamerica EmergingPairCorr
  0.84VQNPX Vanguard Growth AndPairCorr
  0.88MSSCX Amg Frontier SmallPairCorr
  0.77AABTX American Funds 2015PairCorr
  0.81SNWCX Snow Capital SmallPairCorr

Moving against Calamos Fund

  0.42CUBA Herzfeld Caribbean Basin Symbol ChangePairCorr
  0.4HGLB Highland Global AlloPairCorr

Related Correlations Analysis


Correlation Matchups

Over a given time period, the two securities move together when the Correlation Coefficient is positive. Conversely, the two assets move in opposite directions when the Correlation Coefficient is negative. Determining your positions' relationship to each other is valuable for analyzing and projecting your portfolio's future expected return and risk.

High positive correlations

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High negative correlations

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Calamos Fund performing well and Calamos Strategic Fund doing well as a business compared to the competition. There are so many exceptions to the norm that investors cannot definitively determine what's good or bad unless they analyze Calamos Strategic's multiple risk-adjusted performance indicators across the competitive landscape. These indicators are quantitative in nature and help investors forecast volatility and risk-adjusted expected returns across various positions.
Mean DeviationJensen AlphaSortino RatioTreynor RatioSemi DeviationExpected ShortfallPotential UpsideValue @RiskMaximum Drawdown
BTZ  0.31 (0.05) 0.00 (0.23) 0.00 
 0.57 
 2.25 
FFC  0.34  0.00 (0.15) 0.09  0.37 
 0.75 
 2.00 
PML  0.37 (0.02) 0.00 (0.19) 0.00 
 0.79 
 2.22 
WHGSX  0.88  0.19  0.22  0.27  0.54 
 2.76 
 6.30 
FPF  0.28  0.00 (0.12) 0.09  0.34 
 0.61 
 2.00 
BAEIX  1.29  0.55  0.95  0.44  0.00 
 1.31 
 39.63 
BEGIX  1.29  0.55  0.93  0.43  0.00 
 1.36 
 39.34 
UOPIX  1.92  0.03  0.04  0.09  2.25 
 4.25 
 26.61 
HNTVX  0.98  0.30  0.33  0.34  0.50 
 2.91 
 10.11 
OAKWX  0.59  0.08  0.07  0.19  0.52 
 1.47 
 4.05