Cryptocurrencies are here to stay. It's well past time advisors started learning about them.

With the S&P 500 posting its biggest slide Friday since February, Treasuries rallied big time on haven buying and cushioned the selloff in global risk markets. 

In this week's fund news, Voya acquires the investment advisory business of Tygh Capital Management; Hartford launches first semitransparent ETF; VanEck's bitcoin futures ETF lists; and Schwab introduces its first active and ESG ETF.

Not only are best-in-class emerging market companies on par with their household name peers in developed markets, but they are also aided by powerful long-term trends that are taking hold worldwide.

A prolonged period of inflation could actually be the government’s goal.