BANK OF AMERICA: 10 main themes will define the next decade. Here are the winners and losers for each.

• Bank of America Merrill Lynch analysts published a list of 10 megatrends that could shape the next decade for investors.
• The next 10 years will be unlike anything seen before as climate change and a growing and aging population continue to present new challenges, the firm said.
• Here are the 10 themes that will define the next decade, along with winners and losers for each, according to Bank of America.
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By 2030, the world's population is expected to grow by one billion, with hundreds of millions at risk of losing their jobs to automation. At the same time, the climate crisis is worsening across the globe.

These are just a few of the trends that investors will be forced to grapple over the next decade, according to Bank of America Merrill Lynch.

The bank compiled a list of 10 themes to help investors navigate the massive changes it expects in the coming years. The report also includes some broad winners and losers for each theme.

"We enter the next decade with interest rates at 5,000-year lows, the largest asset bubble in history, a planet that is heating up, and a deflationary profile of debt, disruption and demographics," the firm's analysts wrote in November.

They continued: "The social, political and economic responses to these challenges, all heading to a boiling point this decade, will overhaul traditional paradigms."

Here are the 10 megatrends that could shape the next decade, plus their respective winners and losers, according to Bank of America: