Sharing Economy Could Be Worth $250 Billion – BAML

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The world, it could be said, is entering a new economic and technical market environment. The global economy, from Uber to Amazon to control of digital sales channels is reshaping investing. It is a world that even University of Chicago legend Eugene Fama looks at technology and the rise of passive investing and scratches his head. If some of the major macro themes driving the US and world economy could be summarized it might center on a few key concepts. Among them might be the “Amazon effect” taking over the world and the development of “Uberfication,” ushering in a global…

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Mark Melin is an alternative investment practitioner whose specialty is recognizing the impact of beta market environment on a technical trading strategy. A portfolio and industry consultant, wrote or edited three books including High Performance Managed Futures (Wiley 2010) and The Chicago Board of Trade’s Handbook of Futures and Options (McGraw-Hill 2008) and taught a course at Northwestern University's executive education program.