PE giant Carlyle Group is eyeing the retail investor market and liquid alts

In the latest sign of the times, renowned private-equity firm The Carlyle Group is looking to buy a traditional asset manager as an expansion strategy. Everyone wants a piece of the white-hot liquid- alternatives market. The pursuit of more predictable income streams
Liquid alts bonus: My take on how the market is being flooded with product
Has the extended quantitative-easing program exaggerated the risk of extreme inflation? Perhaps we would have been better off just dealing with the economic slump the old-fashioned way. The QE trap
The party might be ending for small-cap stocks, as valuations are reflecting “too much good news.” Historically, this is when the category starts to fall behind its large-cap brethren. Profit estimates are falling
It’s not too early to start getting a little defensive with your portfolio, according to Morningstar Inc. Be grateful that you’ve recovered from January. And don’t get greedy. The time is right for some portfolio spring cleaning
What should have been seen as an obvious downside to extending unemployment benefits to the horizon: Now it’s even harder for those folks to get a job. Living in the margins of the labor market