Finance
New Calamos ETF promises ‘100% downside protection.’ How it works
A new ETF designed to shield investors from the risk of market volatility starts trading on Wednesday.
The Calamos S&P 500 Structured Alt Protection ETF (CPSM) promises to deliver investors “100% downside protection” against the index’s losses over a one-year outcome period, according the firm’s news release.
Calamos’ head of ETFs Matt Kaufman helped build the new product.
“There’s no tricks. There’s no magic,” he told CNBC’s “ETF Edge” on Monday. “This is the secret sauce.”
Kaufman explained the new ETF enters into three options positions. Investors in the fund are subject to limits on the extent to which they can capture gains tied to the S&P 500.
“They all work together. It’s a fully funded options package that delivers the upside of the S&P 500 to a cap with 100% capital protection over a 365-day outcome period,” he said. “Then at the end of that year, the options reset, stay in the ETF and keep on going.”
The fund will have an annual expense ratio of 0.69%.
In order to receive the full downside protection against losses in the S&P 500 that the fund promises, Kaufman noted investors must buy it Wednesday when it hits the market.
“If you buy in on day one, you get that 100% protection,” he said. “[But] even day two [or] day three, there’s probably opportunities to buy in all along the way.”
The fund is just one of a suite of 12 structured protection ETFs the firm plans to launch over the course of the next year. Upcoming funds include those aiming to protect against losses tied to the Nasdaq 100 and Russell 2000 benchmarks.
‘The Big Money Show’ co-hosts discuss buy now, pay later spending options and the impact it will now have on your credit score.
Small, everyday purchases like a meal from DoorDash are now able to be financed through eat now, pay later options — a practice that some experts deem “predatory.”
“You’ve got to have enough sense to not follow the urge to finance a taco, okay? You have got to be an adult,” career coach Ken Coleman told “The Big Money Show,” Wednesday.
“This is predatory, and it’s going to get a lot of people in deep trouble.”
RISKS OF BUY NOW, PAY LATER: ‘TICKET TO OVERSPENDING,’ EXPERT SAYS
DoorDash and Klarna are now partnering up to extend buy now, pay later options to consumers. (Reuters, Getty / Getty Images)
Financial wellness experts are continuously sounding the alarm to cash-strapped consumers, warning them of the devastating impact this financial strategy could have on their credit score as some lenders will begin reporting those loans to credit agencies.
Consumers may risk getting hit with late fees and interest rates, similar to credit cards.
“So your sandwich might show up on your FICO score, especially if you pay for it late,” FOX Business’ Jackie DeAngelis explained.
EXPERTS WARN HIDDEN RISKS OF BUY NOW, PAY LATER
Major players like Affirm, Afterpay, and Klarna have risen to prominence at a time when Americans continue to grapple with persisting inflation, high interest rates and student loan payments, which resumed in October 2023 after a pause due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Ramsey Solutions personal finance expert and ‘The Ramsey Show’ co-host George Kamel discusses the ‘buy now, pay later’ craze and the trend that celebrates the financial benefits of being childless.
“The Big Money Show” co-host Taylor Riggs offered a different perspective, suggesting that company CEOs have a “duty” to attract as many customers as they want.
“Unfortunately for me, this always comes down to financial literacy — which I know is so much in your heart about training people to save now by later,” she told Coleman, who regularly offers financial advice to callers on “The Ramsey Show.”
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Coleman continued to come to the defense of financially “desperate” consumers, arguing that companies are targeting “immature” customers.
“I’m for American businesses being able to do whatever they want to do under the law. That’s fine. But let’s still call it what it is: it’s predatory, and they know who their customers are,” Coleman concluded, “And I’m telling you, they’re talking about weak-minded, immature, desperate people.”
FOX Business’ Daniella Genovese contributed to this report.
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