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Alternative Energy

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Interview - Jens Peers: Portfolio Manager Sees Unprecedented Opportunity in Alternative Energy

Jens Peers discusses why the prospects for alternative energy investments are promising and may be getting even stronger in the wake of the Gulf oil spill.

Date: 6/29/2010 | Lit #IN10006 | FINRA Letter
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Investment Process - Calvert Global Alternative Energy Fund

Calvert Global Alternative Energy Fund is an all-market cap sector fund that invests in non-U.S. and U.S. stocks. KBC Asset Management International, Ltd. (KBC) of Dublin, Ireland manages the fund.

Date: 5/21/2010 | Lit #IP10971 | FINRA Letter
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Invision - Winter 2010

Shareholder Investment News and Information. Quarterly newsletter featuring the latest news on funds, portfolio managers and "housekeeping" issues.

Date: 12/17/2009 | Lit #NL10010 | FINRA Letter
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Invision - CURRENT - Summer 2010

Shareholder Investment News and Information. Quarterly newsletter featuring the latest news on funds, portfolio managers, SRI and "housekeeping" issues.

Date: 6/17/2010 | Lit #NL10012 | FINRA Letter
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Invision - Spring 2010

Shareholder Investment News and Information. Quarterly newsletter featuring the latest news on funds, portfolio managers and "housekeeping" issues.

Date: 3/18/2010 | Lit #NL10011 | FINRA Letter
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Invitation - A Ripe Time for Alternative Energy Presentation

Date: 10/21/2009 | Lit #IV10002 | FINRA Letter
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Presentation - A Ripe Time for Alternative Energy - Client Version

Offers a brief perspective on the current landscape of public concern over climate change and rising fuel prices. Highlights companies at the forefront of renewable energy technologies. Provides key reasons to consider the Calvert Global Alternative Energy Fund. Client approved.

Date: 8/27/2009 | Lit #7115CL | FINRA Letter
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Sales Tool - Alternative Energy Self Mailer

The Calvert Global Alternative Energy Fund can be a great conversation-starter with clients and prospects. Send this customizable mailer to your mailing list. Contact your regional marketing consultant at 1-800-368-2750 for more information.

Date: 9/24/2007 | Lit #7005 | FINRA Letter
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Table Top - Alternative Energy Table Top

Generate conversation about alternative energy with this table-top sign. Print it in full-color and display it in a reusable 8.5 x 11 inch plexi-glass frame in your lobby or office. Only available in PDF.

Date: 10/31/2007 | Lit #7022
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White Paper - A Bright Future for Alternative Energy

This White Paper describes five important drivers leading to demand for alternative energy. Updated with 2009 information and outlook.

Date: 5/28/2009 | Lit #9036 | FINRA Letter
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Asset Allocation/Balanced

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Investment Process - Asset Allocation Funds Overview

An overview of target asset allocations for Calvert Conservative, Moderate, and Aggressive Asset Allocation Funds.

Date: 4/6/2010 | Lit #IP10962 | FINRA Letter
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Tool - Diversification Can Smooth The Ride

Use this piece to demonstrate to clients that a diversified portfolio has provided a nice, smooth ride to steady performance over the last ten years. Use the asset allocation "periodic table" on the front to show how the winners of the previous year can often become the losers of the following year. Then, then show pie charts of the three Calvert Asset Allocation Funds on the back.

Date: 2/22/2010 | Lit #TL10019 | FINRA Letter
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Equity

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Fund Snapshot - CSIF Equity Portfolio Fund Q2 2010

A convenient double-sided sheet provides key talking points for advisors about high-quality growth stocks and this fund.

Date: 6/30/2010 | Lit #TL10034 | FINRA Letter
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Interview - Richard England - CSIF Equity

An interview with Richard B. England, Lead Portfolio Manager for CSIF Equity Portfolio and Managing Director, Calvert subadvisor Atlanta Capital Management, LLC, based on the March 2010 webinar.

Date: 4/9/2010 | Lit #IN10002 | FINRA Letter
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Investment Process - Calvert Social Investment Fund Enhanced Equity Portfolio

Date: 6/15/2009 | Lit #9104 | FINRA Letter
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Investment Process - Calvert World Values International Equity Fund

This profile outlines the Calvert World Value International Equity Fund advisor's investment process and strategy.

Date: 1/26/2010 | Lit #IP10926 | FINRA Letter
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Reprint - Morningstar Mutual Fund Report: Calvert CSIF Equity Fund (CSIEX) 4/26/10

Date: 3/31/2010 | Lit #RP10009 | FINRA Letter
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Fixed Income

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Brochure - The Long and Short of Fixed Income Investing

This booklet explains the key concepts associated with fixed income investing including duration, total return, risk measurement and understanding the yield curve.

Date: 11/9/2009 | Lit #BR10037 | FINRA Letter
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Calvert Government Fund Annual Report - September 30, 2009

Date: 9/30/2009 | Lit #AR10974
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Fund Snapshot - Calvert Short Duration Income Fund Q2 2010

Calvert Short Duration Income Fund is a high-quality short duration bond fund. Use this Fund Snapshot to explain to your clients more about this fund.

Date: 6/30/2010 | Lit #TL10033 | FINRA Letter
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Fund Snapshot - Calvert Ultra-Short Income Fund Q2 2010

Calvert Ultra Short Income Fund invests in ultra-short bonds. Use this Fund Snapshot to explain to your clients more about this fund.

Date: 6/30/2010 | Lit #TL10041 | FINRA Letter
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Interview - Greg Habeeb: Calvert Navigates the Current Bond Market

Read this interview with Greg Habeeb, lead portfolio manager for Calvert's taxable bond funds, including Calvert Ultra-Short Income Fund, Calvert Short Duration Income Fund, and Calvert Income Fund. Here he discusses recent market volatility and how nimble trading and duration management have helped Calvert weather the market's ups and downs.

Date: 5/20/2010 | Lit #IN10005 | FINRA Letter
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Investment Process - Calvert High Yield Bond Fund

Calvert High-Yield Bond Fund is managed by Calvert Asset Management Company, Inc. (CAMCO). The Fund primarily seeks a high current income through investments in high-yield bonds (sometimes called "junk bonds") with intermediate maturities.

Date: 3/19/2010 | Lit #IP10980
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Investment Process - Calvert Short-Term Government Fund

Calvert Short-Term Government managed by Calvert Asset Management Company, Inc. (CAMCO). by using an investment process that seeks to capitalize on anticipated changes in yields on U.S. government debt with various maturities..

Date: 11/16/2009 | Lit #IP10981 | FINRA Letter
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Investment Process - Calvert Tax-Free Bond Fund

This investment process piece contains an explanation of the techniques and strategies that portfolio manager Tom Dailey and his team use to manage Calvert Tax-Free Bond Fund to strive to produce tax-exempt income.

Date: 8/6/2009 | Lit #IP10913
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Invision - Winter 2010

Shareholder Investment News and Information. Quarterly newsletter featuring the latest news on funds, portfolio managers and "housekeeping" issues.

Date: 12/17/2009 | Lit #NL10010 | FINRA Letter
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Invision - CURRENT - Summer 2010

Shareholder Investment News and Information. Quarterly newsletter featuring the latest news on funds, portfolio managers, SRI and "housekeeping" issues.

Date: 6/17/2010 | Lit #NL10012 | FINRA Letter
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Invision - Spring 2010

Shareholder Investment News and Information. Quarterly newsletter featuring the latest news on funds, portfolio managers and "housekeeping" issues.

Date: 3/18/2010 | Lit #NL10011 | FINRA Letter
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Market Commentary - 2010: A Year of Transition for the Bond Markets

Market Commentary by Calvert CIO-Fixed Income Cathy Roy Read how uncertainty about the success of the Fed's strategy may create opportunities through market volatility in 2010.

Date: 3/10/2010 | Lit #MC10001
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Presentation - Around the World and Home in 45 Minutes for Us Bond Investors

Calvert Fixed Income Strategist Steve Van Order outlines how the economic policies of China, the European Union and the U.S. are intertwined. He provides key data points to support his ten reasons why the Federal Reserve will not raise interest rates until 2011. B/D Only

Date: 7/7/2010 | Lit #PT10039
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Presentation - Bonds and Your Portfolio

This “Bonds 101” style presentation can be used by an advisor to help educate clients and prospects about the basics of how bond funds are constructed, what impacts the price of bonds and the role they play in a diversified portfolio.

Date: 10/28/2009 | Lit #PT10027 | FINRA Letter
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Presentation - Preparing for a Rising Rate Environment

A presentation offering three investment strategies to prepare for a rising rate environment

Date: 7/15/2010 | Lit #PT10040
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Reprint - Morningstar Mutual Fund Report: Calvert Income Fund (CFICX)

Morningstar analyst commentary and fund performance data as of 12/31/09.

Date: 12/31/2009 | Lit #RP10007
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Tool - A Short Duration Bond Fund with Compelling Benefits

Calvert Short Duration Income Fund (CSDAX) is a short-term bond fund that has demonstrated competitive risk/adjusted returns and strength in rising and falling markets. Use this tool with your more technically-oriented clients.

Date: 4/23/2010 | Lit #TL10080
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Tool - Fixed Income Winners and Losers

Use this chart to show the rotating performance of fixed-income categories from 2000 to 2009.

Date: 1/22/2010 | Lit #TL10075 | FINRA Letter
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Water

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Interview - Jens Peers: Portfolio Manager Sees Opportunity in Emerging Markets and Oil Spill Cleanup Efforts

Portfolio manager Jens Peers discusses why now may be an attractive time to consider investing in water-related companies

Date: 6/24/2010 | Lit #IN10012 | FINRA Letter
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Investment Process - Calvert Global Water Fund

Calvert Global Water Fund is an all-market-cap, water sector mutual fund that invests in non-U.S. and U.S. stocks. Calvert subadvisor KBC Asset Management International, Ltd (KBC) OF Dublin, Ireland manages the fund.

Date: 11/30/2009 | Lit #IP10973 | FINRA Letter
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Invision - CURRENT - Summer 2010

Shareholder Investment News and Information. Quarterly newsletter featuring the latest news on funds, portfolio managers, SRI and "housekeeping" issues.

Date: 6/17/2010 | Lit #NL10012 | FINRA Letter
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Invision - Spring 2010

Shareholder Investment News and Information. Quarterly newsletter featuring the latest news on funds, portfolio managers and "housekeeping" issues.

Date: 3/18/2010 | Lit #NL10011 | FINRA Letter
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Presentation - The Case for Investing in Water

Offers an explanation of the water investment cycle, presents the four compelling drivers for investment in this sector, discusses the role of a water investment in a diversified portfolio and provides key reasons to consider the Calvert Global Water Fund. BD only.

Date: 6/3/2010 | Lit #PT10019 | FINRA Letter
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Reprint - Facing the Freshwater Crisis (Scientific American, August 2008)

Author Peter Rogers discusses the threat to global freshwater resources from rising demands and how existing technologies could avert global water crisis but must be implemented soon.

Date: 9/22/2008 | Lit #8215
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White Paper - Unparalled Challenge & Opportunity in Water

As demand for water grows and the finite supply of this crucial resource dwindles, investors will face tough new questions about sustainability and which companies are best positioned to address the future.

Date: 5/27/2010 | Lit #WP10001 | FINRA Letter
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