All charts and data below are with dividends reinvested. (Inflation adjustment is OFF !)
CSQ total return snapshot: CSQ returned +22.16% over the past year and +11.91% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Mar. 26, 2004, CSQ is up +789.19% in nominal total return, or +10.29%/yr, and is currently at its total-return high.
Data ending Wed Jul. 15, 2026
| Fri 2004-03-26💬 to Wed 2026-07-15 |
YTD
Return |
1 Year
Return |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CSQ × |
+11.91%
2026-07-15 |
+22.16%
2026-07-15 |
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| Calamos Strategic Total Return Closed Fund NASDAQ Mutual Fund | ||||||
| Fri 2004-03-26💬 to Wed 2026-07-15 |
Overall
Return |
Exponential
Trendline |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CSQ × |
+789.19%
+10.29%/yr |
+11.07%/yr
(R2=0.906) |
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| Calamos Strategic Total Return Closed Fund NASDAQ Mutual Fund | ||||||
| Fri 2004-03-26💬 to Wed 2026-07-15 |
Start
Value |
End
Value |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CSQ × |
$10,000.00
2004-03-26 |
$88,918.52
2026-07-15 |
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| Calamos Strategic Total Return Closed Fund NASDAQ Mutual Fund | ||||||
| Year | CSQ |
|---|---|
| 2026 (YTD) | +11.91% |
| 2025 | +16.29% |
| 2024 | +28.16% |
| 2023 | +20.87% |
| 2022 | −24.23% |
| 2021 | +30.81% |
| 2020 | +26.34% |
| 2019 | +38.87% |
| 2018 | −4.84% |
| 2017 | +28.05% |
| 2016 | +14.81% |
| 2015 | −4.93% |
| 2014 | +14.25% |
| 2013 | +20.35% |
| 2012 | +28.04% |
| 2011 | −3.22% |
| 2010 | +13.79% |
| 2009 | +56.81% |
| 2008 | −49.44% |
| 2007 | −2.75% |
| 2006 | +25.61% |
| 2005 | +4.02% |
| 2004 | −2.37% |
| Fri 2004-03-26💬 to Wed 2026-07-15 |
Current
Drawdown |
Worst
Drawdown |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CSQ × | — |
−67.15%
2008-11-20 from 2007-05-22 peak |
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| Period ending Wed 2026-07-15 |
1
Year |
2
Years |
3
Years |
5
Years |
10
Years |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CSQ × | +22.16% |
+38.76% +17.79%/yr |
+74.35% +20.36%/yr |
+66.46% +10.73%/yr |
+346.81% +16.15%/yr |
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| Calamos Strategic Total Return Closed Fund NASDAQ Mutual Fund | ||||||