{"url":"https://etfiq.com/models/compare/ccef/","section":"models","title":"CCEF ETF vs the ETFIQ Strategic 60 Benchmark | ETFIQ","description":"In the year to Oct 30, 2026, CCEF returned +6.95%, 0.38 points behind the ETFIQ Strategic 60 benchmark\u2019s hypothetical +7.33%.","as_of":"Nov 4, 2026","structured_data":[{"@type":"ItemList","name":"CCEF and its matched benchmark","numberOfItems":2,"itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"CCEF, Calamos CEF Income & Arbitrage ETF","url":"https://etfiq.com/funds/ccef"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"ETFIQ Strategic, 60% stocks","url":"https://etfiq.com/benchmarks/strategic-60/"}]},{"@type":"FAQPage","mainEntity":[{"@type":"Question","name":"Why is CCEF measured against ETFIQ Strategic 60?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"As of Nov 4, 2026, CCEF holds 63.6% of its net assets in stocks, counting stocks inside any funds it owns. That puts it in the moderate band, more than 50% and up to 70% stocks. 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Data as of Nov 4, 2026; 1Y, 3Y and 5Y returns end at the last month end, Oct 30, 2026.\n CCEF against the ETFIQ Strategic 60 benchmark\n As of Nov 4, 2026, Calamos CEF Income & Arbitrage ETF holds 63.6% of its net assets in stocks, counting stocks inside any funds it owns. That puts it in the moderate band. Its benchmark is ETFIQ Strategic, 60% stocks, a rule, not a fund.\n +6.95% CCEF, 1 year \n +7.33%* Strategic 60, 1 year \n \u22120.38 Difference, points \n 3.19% Expense ratio \n\n In the year to Oct 30, 2026, CCEF returned +6.95%, 0.38 points behind the ETFIQ Strategic 60 benchmark\u2019s hypothetical +7.33%.\n ETFIQ Strategic, 60% stocks: launched on Oct 3, 2026, when ETFIQ froze its rule. Data before Oct 5, 2026 is hypothetical: we apply today\u2019s rule and funds to earlier prices. From Oct 5, 2026 the record is tracked. A window that starts earlier is hypothetical as a whole.\n Other allocation ETFs against their benchmarks\n AAAA ALTY AOA AOK AOM AOR AVMA BAMA CCEF CGBL DDX DPRE ELM FARX FPAA FREI FTBI FXED GAA GAL GMOD GYLD HEFT HYIN INCM INKM IRTR ITDB ITDC ITDD ITDE IYLD JFLI KEAT LCR LEXI LOTI MDIV MFUL MHIG MHIP MPRO NDOW NMBL OCIO PVEX RAA RISN RJVI RSMV TBFC TBFG TDSC TRND TRTY VPC WBIG XRLX YLDW CCEF and Strategic 60 by window\n CCEF\u2019s own market-price total return beside Strategic 60 over the same closes. YTD and 1 year are total returns; the longer windows are yearly rates over whole months. The difference is in percentage points. *Hypothetical as a whole: the benchmark\u2019s window begins before its tracked date, Oct 5, 2026. Data sourced by Tiingo .\n Total return of CCEF and ETFIQ Strategic, 60% stocks by window, to Nov 4, 2026. Data sourced by Tiingo. Window From To CCEF Strategic 60 Difference, points Side \n Year to date Dec 31, 2025 Nov 4, 2026 +5.38% +7.64%* \u22122.26 CCEF behind \n 1 year Oct 31, 2025 Oct 30, 2026 +6.95% +7.33%* \u22120.38 CCEF behind \n 3 years, a year not published not published not published not published not published not published \n 5 years, a year not published not published not published not published not published not published \n 10 years, a year not published not published not published not published not published not published \n Since Jan 16, 2024, a year Jan 31, 2024 Oct 30, 2026 +13.28% +11.98%* +1.30 CCEF ahead \n\n Fees\n Both fees are already inside the returns above. On $10,000 is the fee times 100, the dollars a year at that fee.\n The expense ratio of CCEF and the weighted fund fee of ETFIQ Strategic, 60% stocks. Portfolio Fee A year On $10,000 As of \n CCEF Expense ratio, from its prospectus 3.19% $319 Nov 21, 2025 \n Strategic 60 Weighted fund fee, inside its returns 0.05% $5 Nov 4, 2026 \n\n Questions people ask\n Why is CCEF measured against ETFIQ Strategic 60? As of Nov 4, 2026, CCEF holds 63.6% of its net assets in stocks, counting stocks inside any funds it owns. That puts it in the moderate band, more than 50% and up to 70% stocks. ETFIQ Strategic 60 is that band\u2019s benchmark. What does ETFIQ Strategic 60 hold? 60% VT and 40% US bonds (BND and AGG in equal parts), rebalanced on the last trading day of each month. It is a rule, not a fund. ETFIQ takes no payment from any fund company. Why are the benchmark\u2019s returns hypothetical? Its rule was frozen on a set date. Returns before that date apply today\u2019s rule and funds to earlier prices. The fund\u2019s own returns use its market price with distributions reinvested. The price source leaves out funds that closed before 2016, so results lean toward funds that survived. Total returns use market price with distributions reinvested, after each fund\u2019s own fees. Nothing else is deducted. The price source leaves out funds that closed before 2016, so results lean toward funds that survived. Data sourced by Tiingo .\n Sources\n Data sourced by Tiingo U.S. Treasury daily bill rates, for the Sharpe ratio CCEF\u2019s page, with its prospectus and fee CCEF\u2019s prospectus filing, for its expense ratio Where to next\n CCEF fund page The Strategic 60 benchmark Every benchmark at 60% stocks Every model, side by side How the benchmarks are built ETFIQ publishes ETF data. It is independent, is not an investment adviser, takes no payment from issuers, and makes no recommendations.\n \n Cite this page. ETFIQ, CCEF ETF vs the ETFIQ Strategic 60 Benchmark, data as of Nov 4, 2026. https://etfiq.com/models/compare/ccef/ Free to use with attribution for data ETFIQ computes; issuer data stays under its owner's terms. The underlying files are at Open data .\n Other forms Plain ETFIQ, CCEF ETF vs the ETFIQ Strategic 60 Benchmark, data as of Nov 4, 2026. https://etfiq.com/models/compare/ccef/ APA ETFIQ. (Nov 4, 2026). CCEF ETF vs the ETFIQ Strategic 60 Benchmark. Retrieved from https://etfiq.com/models/compare/ccef/ Markdown [CCEF ETF vs the ETFIQ Strategic 60 Benchmark (ETFIQ, Nov 4, 2026)](https://etfiq.com/models/compare/ccef/)","source":"ETFIQ, independent ETF data. Recomputed nightly from public filings and prices.","publisher":{"@id":"https://etfiq.com/#org","name":"ETFIQ","url":"https://etfiq.com"},"license":"https://etfiq.com/license/","license_text":"Data ETFIQ computes is free to use with attribution: ETFIQ (etfiq.com). 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