Calamos Asset Management's quarterly cash, cash equivalents, marketable securities
increased
from Mar. 2016 ($735.29 Mil) to Jun. 2016 ($781.45 Mil) but then
stayed the same
from Jun. 2016 ($781.45 Mil) to Sep. 2016 ($737.57 Mil).
Calamos Asset Management's annual cash, cash equivalents, marketable securities
declined
from Dec. 2013 ($557.74 Mil) to Dec. 2014 ($518.97 Mil) and
declined
from Dec. 2014 ($518.97 Mil) to Dec. 2015 ($474.41 Mil).
Calamos Asset Management Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities Historical Data
The historical data trend for Calamos Asset Management's Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities can be seen below:
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
Cash and cash equivalents are the most liquid assets on the balance sheet. Cash equivalents are assets that are readily convertible into cash, such as money market holdings, short-term government bonds or Treasury bills, marketable securities and commercial paper.
Marketable Securities are very liquid securities that can be converted into cash quickly at a reasonable price.
Marketable securities are very liquid as they tend to have maturities of less than one year. Furthermore, the rate at which these securities can be bought or sold has little effect on their prices.
A high number means either:
1) The company has competitive advantage generating lots of cash
2) Just sold a business or bonds (not necessarily good)
A low stockpile of cash usually means poor to mediocre economics.
There are 3 ways to create large cash reserve.
1) Sell new bonds or equity to public
2) Sell business or asset
3) It has an ongoing business generating more cash than it burns (usually means durable competitive advantage)
When a company is suffering a short term problem, Buffett looks at cash or marketable securities to see whether it has the financial strength to ride it out.
Important: Lots of cash and marketable securities + little debt = good chance that the business will sail on through tough times.
Test to see what is creating cash by looking at past 7 yrs of balance sheets. This will reveal how the cash was created.
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Calamos Asset Management (Calamos Asset Management) Business Description
Calamos Asset Management Inc is a Delaware corporation, incorporated on July 23, 2004. It is an asset management firm that offers strategies to fulfill a range of asset allocation goals through a multi-team platform. The Company together with its subsidiaries provides investment advisory services to individuals and institutional investors through open-end funds, closed-end funds, separate accounts, offshore funds and partnerships. The company applies an investment philosophy and proprietary process centered on risk management across a range of investment strategies, including equity, balanced, convertible, high yield, alternative, fixed income and money market investments. The Company currently offers four types of investment products that fall into the categories of mutual funds and separate accounts. Funds include its open-end and closed-end funds as well as its Offshore Funds. The Company includes the Offshore Funds in open-end funds for reporting purposes. Separate accounts are individual portfolios of securities managed to meet clients specific needs and include institutional accounts and managed accounts. The Company competes in all aspects of its business with a large number of investment management firms, commercial banks, broker-dealers and insurance companies. In the United States and other countries in which it does business, it is subject to regulations and laws at both a federal and state level, including U.S. federal, state and local tax laws as well as similar foreign jurisdiction tax laws.
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