How stock investors are cashing in on the red-hot ‘sharing economy’ trendAs the "sharing economy" has expanded and morphed into a seeming catch-all term for companies that connect strangers through technology, equity investors may be able to cash in on the technology-driven trend.That's according to an exhaustive recent report from Bank of America Merrill Lynch. The report concludes the sharing economy's influence has blown up so tremendously in recent years, touching essentially every aspect of consumers' lives, that it's created a host of new business models.
As the "sharing economy" has expanded and morphed into a seeming catch-all term for companies that connect strangers through technology, equity investors may be able to cash in on the technology-driven trend.That's according to an exhaustive recent report from Bank of America Merrill Lynch. The report concludes the sharing economy's influence has blown up so tremendously in recent years, touching essentially every aspect of consumers' lives, that it's created a host of new business models.