Calamos Global Total Return Fund (CGO)
| Market Value | 115.10M |
| Revenue (ttm) | 2.56M |
| Net Income (ttm) | 18.13M |
| Shares Out | 9.82M |
| EPS (ttm) | 1.85 |
| PE Ratio | 6.35 |
| Forward PE | n/a |
| Dividend | $0.96 (8.19%) |
| Ex-Dividend Date | Nov 13, 2024 |
| Volume | 18,448 |
| Open | 11.60 |
| Previous Close | 11.64 |
| Day's Range | 11.60 - 11.73 |
| 52-Week Range | 8.63 - 12.59 |
| Beta | 1.17 |
| Analysts | n/a |
| Price Target | n/a |
| Earnings Date | n/a |
About CGO
Calamos Global Total Return Fund is a closed ended balanced mutual fund launched by Calamos Investments LLC. It is managed by Calamos Advisors LLC. The fund invests in public equity and fixed income markets across the globe. It seeks to invest in securities of companies operating across diversified sectors. The fund primarily invests in equities, convertible bonds, and high yield corporate bonds. It employs both fundamental and quantitative analysis to create its portfolio. The fund benchmarks the performance of its portfolio against MSCI World... [Read more]
News
CGO: Revisiting This Fund Following The Election
The Calamos Global Total Return Fund yields 8.23% but has underperformed the MSCI World Index, making it less appealing for core portfolio positions. The fund's recent performance has been disappointi...
My 9.5% Income Portfolio CEFs And Classic Cars
Closed-end funds are special income vehicles, with many positive aspects and just as many weaknesses that take time to be properly understood and evaluated. I discovered their existence about ten year...
Calamos Investments Closed-End Funds (NASDAQ: CHI, CHY, CSQ, CGO, CHW, CCD and CPZ) Announce Monthly Distributions and Required Notifications of Sources of Distribution
METRO CHICAGO, Ill. , Nov. 1, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Calamos Investments®* has announced monthly distributions and sources of distributions paid in November 2024 to shareholders of its seven closed-end ...
My 9.5% Income Portfolio-Fifty Shades Of Blue
My portfolio includes CEFs, ETFs, a few BDCs and an ETN, for whose selection I have developed over the years a criterion based mainly on NAV performance. In this article, however, I decided to focus o...
My 9.5% Income Portfolio-The View From The Top
Total Return is a percentage measure reflecting the total performance of a fund, incorporating both capital gains and the effect of dividends reinvested over a specific period. Net Asset Value is the ...
CGO: Stretched Valuations Make This Fund A Hold (Rating Downgrade)
The Calamos Global Total Return CEF has rallied +33% since our 'Buy' rating, driven by a risk-on environment and lower yield curve. The fund's discount to NAV has narrowed significantly, now trading a...
CGO: This Excellent CEF Is Taking Advantage Of Foreign Opportunities
The Calamos Global Total Return Fund offers a high level of income and inflation protection through a diversified portfolio of equities and convertible bonds. The fund's 8.34% yield and potential for ...
Good To Go On CGO
This is a market in which the winners not only keep winning, but they continue to lap the broader market over and over again. And though everyone has been calling for a broadening out of stocks, that'...
CGO: Good International Exposure And Very Strong Excess Returns
Calamos Global Total Return Fund offers a high yield of 8.98%, comparable to other high-yielding equity funds in the market. The CGO closed-end fund invests primarily in equities as opposed to fixed-i...
CORRECTION: Calamos Investments Closed-End Funds (NASDAQ: CHI, CHY, CSQ, CGO, CHW, CCD and CPZ) Announce Monthly Distributions and Required Notifications of Sources of Distribution
METRO CHICAGO, Ill. , June 4, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Calamos Investments®* has announced corrections to monthly distributions and sources of distributions paid in June 2024 to shareholders of its seven ...
Building A 10% Income Portfolio Today
Six years ago, I wrote my first article on investing, in which I outlined the criteria that had guided me when constructing my first income portfolio. I have tried to retrace here the steps leading up...
CGO: Good Portfolio, But Poor Relative Performance Plagues This Global CEF
The Calamos Global Total Return Fund offers geographic diversification and a high distribution yield of 9.15%. The fund has underperformed major equity indices and has a negative return of 10.36% over...
My 9% Income Portfolio - Harmony In Investment
Surrounded by the smoothness of the Tuscan landscape, I have always thought that the pursuit of harmony in human activities is the first step toward happiness. I also chase a balance in investments, s...
My 9% Income Portfolio-In Search For Happiness
For those who invest for dividends, the goal is to look for securities that can guarantee sustainable dividends and distributions over time. Choices about how to deploy the income generated by those i...
My 9% Income Portfolio-Living Off Dividends
Total Return is the actual rate of return for an investment over a given evaluation period, typically one, three, five, or ten years. The Total NAV Return is the sum of all dividends/distributions, as...
CGO: Multi-Asset Global Allocation CEF, 10% Yield
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My 9% Income Portfolio - Nobody Is Perfect
Perfection is defined as being complete and correct in every way, and can be pursued in various fields, including art and investing. For years now, I have been employing all my strength in investing i...
My Income Portfolio - Keep It Simple, Sweetheart
The world seeks complexity, but simplicity often trumps complexity. For my investment goals, I have made the choice to focus mainly on CEFs and ETFs, carefully weighing their merits and drawbacks.
CGO: Flexible Fund Continues Trading At A Narrow Discount
Despite the volatility we've seen in the market, CGO has continued to hang on to its narrow discount. The fund's distribution was trimmed last year but remains elevated as a solid rebound hasn't been ...
My Income Portfolio: A Stairway To Heaven
As in Led Zeppelin's famous song, for me, investments in high-dividend securities represent a kind of stairway to heaven. Indeed, their steady flow of money relieves psychological pressure during time...
My Income Portfolio's Year-End Check-Up
Financial markets are set to close a difficult year amid the war in Ukraine, pandemic aftershocks, and inflation-eroding purchasing power. As always, the first rule for every investor is to try to sur...
CGO: Valuation Drops After Distribution Cut
CGO was running a high distribution, but that was trimmed starting last month in October. The fund's payout remains elevated, given the environment, even after the trim.