All charts and data below are CPI-U inflation-adjusted and with dividends reinvested. (Why?)

Total Real Returns

CSQ: Total Real Return Chart (Dividends Reinvested, Inflation Adjusted)

CSQ real return snapshot: after CPI-U inflation, CSQ returned +16.43% over the past year and +10.57% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Mar. 26, 2004, CSQ is up +407.52% in real purchasing-power return, or +7.50%/yr, and is currently −0.56% below its real total-return high on Sep. 4, 2026.

Data ending Tue Sep. 8, 2026

Growth of $10,000

Fri 2004-03-26💬 to Tue 2026-09-08 Overall
Return
Exponential
Trendline
CSQ
×
+407.52%
+7.50%/yr
+8.58%/yr
R2=0.862
Calamos Strategic Total Return Closed Fund NASDAQ Mutual Fund

Growth of $10,000 Summary

Fri 2004-03-26💬 to Tue 2026-09-08 Start
Value
End
Value
CSQ
×
$10,000.00
2004-03-26
$50,751.62
2026-09-08

This Year’s Performance

through 2026-09-08

  YTD YoY
CSQ
×
+10.57% +16.43%

Drawdowns

  Current
Drawdown
Worst
Drawdown
CSQ
×
−0.56%
on 2026-09-08
from 2026-09-04 peak
−68.10%
on 2008-11-20
from 2007-05-22 peak

Rolling Returns

Period ending Tue 2026-09-08 1 yr 2 yr 3 yr 5 yr 10 yr
CSQ
×
+16.43% +40.19%
+18.40%/yr
+62.52%
+17.57%/yr
+34.43%
+6.10%/yr
+218.24%
+12.27%/yr

Annual Returns

Year CSQ
2026 (YTD) +10.57%
2025 +13.26%
2024 +24.57%
2023 +16.95%
2022 −28.83%
2021 +22.21%
2020 +24.64%
2019 +35.77%
2018 −6.62%
2017 +25.40%
2016 +12.49%
2015 −5.63%
2014 +13.40%
2013 +18.57%
2012 +25.85%
2011 −6.01%
2010 +12.11%
2009 +52.65%
2008 −49.48%
2007 −6.58%
2006 +22.53%
2005 +0.58%
2004 −3.96%