10 Questions With Calamos Growth Fund Manager John Calamos

In sports and the markets, sometimes statistics tell the story more thoroughly than pages of waxing rhapsodic on stellar performance. For instance: Number 1. Number 1. Number 1.

The preceding numbers are the three-, five- and 10-year percentage ranking of the (CVGRX Quote)Calamos Growth fund as compared to its mid-cap growth peers. While that might be enough to send some TheStreet.com readers speed-dialing their brokers to move some money, you'll want to read the rest of our interview with John P. Calamos, co-manager of the fund since its September 1990 inception.

Calamos, the founder of the enormously successful Calamos Asset Management fund family, is well-known for writing the book on investing in convertible bonds, literally -- his Convertible Securities is the seminal work on the subject. His firm's convertible-bond fund offerings such as (CCVIX Quote)Calamos Convertible have racked up stellar numbers over the short and long haul. ...