Inflows have been robust for U.S. equities, mutual funds and ETFs.

Global emerging market equity and bond funds have both posted inflows in all but two weeks, year-to-date.

VanEck’s MV Index Solutions unit is partnering with CryptoCompare to offer 12 single digital asset indexes, including for bitcoin and ether, and four indexes tracking baskets of five to 100 cryptocurrencies.

The answer has nothing to do with correlations, trading volume, market cap, projected returns, governance or regulation

The analysis suggests a shift from the balanced portfolios of equities and longer-dated bonds that have done well since 1982.

This under-appreciated asset class yields more than five percent from mostly investment-grade issuers.