On Tuesday, October 1, Calamos Investments released its latest Structured Protection ETFs, the Calamos S&P 500® Structured Alt Protection ETF – October and the Calamos Russell 2000 Structured Alt Protection ETF – October.
“In light of the recent rate cuts and uncertainties surrounding the upcoming election, we believe investors will seek the 100% downside protection over one year feature offered by our Structured Protection ETFs,” added John Koudounis, president and CEO of Calamos Investments. “We’re pleased to expand our series with CPSO and CPRO, offering investors stability from downturns while maintaining upside exposure to the S&P 500 and Russell 2000, respectively.”
More Secure Upside Participation
Both funds utilize FLEX Options to implement the Calamos Structured Protection ETF strategy. Using FLEX Options, the funds simultaneously employ long put options, long call options, and short call options. As such, CPSO and CPRO can simultaneously provide downside protection while staying engaged with upside equity participation.
CPSO and CRPO will reset annually, offering investors a new upside cap with refreshed protection against negative returns of the benchmark over the subsequent 12-month period. If shares are held longer than one year, they can deliver significant tax alpha as potential gains will grow tax-deferred at long-term capital gains rates and can be held indefinitely.
Calamos Investments continues to release new Structured Protection ETF strategies on a monthly basis. Investors can visit Calamos.com to learn more about upcoming fund releases.
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Disclosure Information
Before investing, carefully consider the fund’s investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses. Please see the prospectus and summary prospectus containing this and other information which can be obtained by calling 1-866-363-9219. Read it carefully before investing.
An investment in the Fund(s) is subject to risks, and you could lose money on your investment in the Fund(s). There can be no assurance that the Fund(s) will achieve its investment objective. Your investment in the Fund(s) is not a deposit in a bank and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) or any other government agency. The risks associated with an investment in the Fund(s) can increase during times of significant market volatility. The Fund(s) also has specific principal risks, which are described below. More detailed information regarding these risks can be found in the Fund’s prospectus.
Investing involves risks. Loss of principal is possible. The Funds face numerous market trading risks, including authorized participation concentration risk, cap change risk, capital protection risk, capped upside risk, cash holdings risk, clearing member default risk, correlation risk, derivatives risk, equity securities risk, investment timing risk, large-capitalization investing risk, liquidity risk, market maker risk, market risk, non-diversification risk, options risk, premium-discount risk, secondary market trading risk, sector risk, tax risk, trading issues risk, underlying ETF risk and valuation risk. For a detailed list of fund risks see the prospectus.
There are no assurances the Fund will be successful in providing the sought-after protection. The outcomes that the Fund seeks to provide may only be realized if you are holding shares on the first day of the Outcome Period and continue to hold them on the last day of the Outcome Period, approximately one year. There is no guarantee that the Outcomes for an Outcome Period will be realized or that the Fund will achieve its investment objective. If the Outcome Period has begun and the Underlying ETF has increased in value, any appreciation of the Fund by virtue of increases in the Underlying ETF since the commencement of the Outcome Period will not be protected by the sought-after protection, and an investor could experience losses until the Underlying ETF returns to the original price at the commencement of the Outcome Period.
Fund shareholders are subject to an upside return cap (the “Cap”) that represents the maximum percentage return an investor can achieve from an investment in the funds’ for the Outcome Period, before fees and expenses. If the Outcome Period has begun and the Fund has increased in value to a level near to the Cap, an investor purchasing at that price has little or no ability to achieve gains but remains vulnerable to downside risks. Additionally, the Cap may rise or fall from one Outcome Period to the next. The Cap, and the Fund’s position relative to it, should be considered before investing in the Fund. The Fund’s website, www.calamos.com, provides important Fund information as well information relating to the potential outcomes of an investment in a Fund on a daily basis.
These Funds are designed to provide point-to-point exposure to the price return of the Reference Asset via a basket of Flex Options. As a result, the ETFs are not expected to move directly in line with the Reference Asset during the interim period.
Investors purchasing shares after an outcome period has begun may experience very different results than fund’s investment objective. Initial outcome periods are approximately 1-year beginning on the fund’s inception date. Following the initial outcome period, each subsequent outcome period will begin on the first day of the month the fund was incepted. After the conclusion of an outcome period, another will begin.
FLEX Options Risk The Fund will utilize FLEX Options issued and guaranteed for settlement by the Options Clearing Corporation (OCC). In the unlikely event that the OCC becomes insolvent or is otherwise unable to meet its settlement obligations, the Fund could suffer significant losses. Additionally, FLEX Options may be less liquid than standard options. In a less liquid market for the FLEX Options, the Fund may have difficulty closing out certain FLEX Options positions at desired times and prices. The values of FLEX Options do not increase or decrease at the same rate as the reference asset and may vary due to factors other than the price of reference asset.
Shares are bought and sold at market price, not net asset value (NAV), and are not individually redeemable from the fund. NAV represents the value of each share’s portion of the fund’s underlying assets and cash at the end of the trading day. Market price returns reflect the midpoint of the bid/ask spread as of the close of trading on the exchange where fund shares are listed.
100% capital protection is over a one-year period before fees and expenses. All caps are pre-determined.
Cap Rate – Maximum percentage return an investor can achieve from an investment in the Fund if held over the Outcome Period.
Protection Level – Amount of protection the Fund is designed to achieve over the Days Remaining.
Outcome Period – Number of days in the Outcome Period.
The “S&P 500” is a product of S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC or its affiliates (“SPDJI”) and S&P Global, and has been licensed for use by Calamos Advisors LLC (“CAL”). Standard & Poor’s® and S&P® are registered trademarks of Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC (“S&P”) and Dow Jones® is a registered trademark of Dow Jones Trademark Holdings LLC (“Dow Jones”). The trademarks have been licensed to SPDJI and have been sublicensed for use for certain purposes by CAL. Calamos S&P 500 Structured Protection ETFs are not sponsored, endorsed, sold or promoted by SPDJI, Dow Jones, S&P, any of their respective affiliates (collectively, “S&P Dow Jones Indices”) or S&P Global. Neither S&P Dow Jones Indices nor S&P Global make any representation or warranty, express or implied, to the owners of the Calamos S&P 500 Structured Protection ETFs or any member of the public regarding the advisability of investing in securities generally or in Calamos S&P 500 Structured Protection ETFs particularly or the ability of the S&P 500 to track general market performance. S&P Dow Jones Indices and S&P Global only relationship to CAL with respect to the S&P 500 is the licensing of the Index and certain trademarks, service marks and/or trade names of S&P Dow Jones Indices and/or its licensors. The S&P 500 is determined, composed and calculated by S&P Dow Jones Indices or S&P Global without regard to CAL or the Calamos S&P 500 Structured Protection ETFs. S&P Dow Jones Indices and S&P Global have no obligation to take the needs of CAL or the owners of Calamos S&P 500 Structured Protection ETFs into consideration in determining, composing or calculating the S&P 500. Neither S&P Dow Jones Indices nor S&P Global are responsible for and have not participated in the determination of the prices, and amount of Calamos S&P 500 Structured Protection ETFs or the timing of the issuance or sale of Calamos S&P 500 Structured Protection ETFs or in the determination or calculation of the equation by which Calamos S&P 500 Structured Protection ETFs are to be converted into cash, surrendered or redeemed, as the case may be. S&P Dow Jones Indices and S&P Global have no obligation or liability in connection with the administration, marketing or trading of Calamos S&P 500 Structured Protection ETFs. There is no assurance that investment products based on the S&P 500 will accurately track index performance or provide positive investment returns. S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC is not an investment advisor. Inclusion of a security within an index is not a recommendation by S&P Dow Jones Indices to buy, sell, or hold such security, nor is it considered to be investment advice.
NEITHER S&P DOW JONES INDICES NOR [THIRD PARTY LICENSOR] GUARANTEES THE ADEQUACY, ACCURACY, TIMELINESS AND/OR THE COMPLETENESS OF THE [INDEX] OR ANY DATA RELATED THERETO OR ANY COMMUNICATION, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ORAL OR WRITTEN COMMUNICATION (INCLUDING ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS) WITH RESPECT THERETO. S&P DOW JONES INDICES AND [THIRD PARTY LICENSOR] SHALL NOT BE SUBJECT TO ANY DAMAGES OR LIABILITY FOR ANY ERRORS, OMISSIONS, OR DELAYS THEREIN. S&P DOW JONES INDICES AND [THIRD PARTY LICENSOR] MAKES NO EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, AND EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR USE OR AS TO RESULTS TO BE OBTAINED BY [LICENSEE], OWNERS OF THE [LICENSEE ETF], OR ANY OTHER PERSON OR ENTITY FROM THE USE OF THE [INDEX] OR WITH RESPECT TO ANY DATA RELATED THERETO. WITHOUT LIMITING ANY OF THE FOREGOING, IN NO EVENT WHATSOEVER SHALL S&P DOW JONES INDICES OR [THIRD PARTY LICENSOR] BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, PUNITIVE, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, LOSS OF PROFITS, TRADING LOSSES, LOST TIME OR GOODWILL, EVEN IF THEY HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR OTHERWISE. THERE ARE NO THIRD PARTY BENEFICIARIES OF ANY AGREEMENTS OR ARRANGEMENTS BETWEEN S&P DOW JONES INDICES AND [LICENSEE], OTHER THAN THE LICENSORS OF S&P DOW JONES INDICES.
The Calamos Russell2000® Structured Alt Protection ETFs (the “Funds”) have been developed solely by Calamos Advisors LLC. The “Funds” are not in any way connected to or sponsored, endorsed, sold or promoted by the London Stock Exchange Group plc and its group undertakings (collectively, the “LSE Group”). FTSE Russell is a trading name of certain of the LSE Group companies. All rights in the Russell 2000® Index (the “Index”) vest in the relevant LSE Group company which owns the Index. The Russell 2000® Index is a trademark(s) of the relevant LSE Group company and is used by any other LSE Group company under license.
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