Africa Is Rising: Inside The Continent’s Great Economic Leap
January 9th, 2013
Via Daily Beast, an upbeat report on Africa’s economic potential: In corporate boardrooms and global-investment seminars, more CEOs and business leaders are talking about Africa. That much was evident at a recent New York Stock Exchange investor conference, where along with references to Africa as the “new Asia” or “home of the next Google” there […]
Read more »Emerging Markets In 2013
January 9th, 2013
Via Foreign Policy, an interesting look at emerging markets in 2013: Since the onset of the financial crisis in 2008, investors and companies have focused mainly on risks in developed world markets. But as conditions in the U.S. and Europe continue to improve in 2013, the most worrisome risks will again come from emerging market […]
Read more »The Next Emerging Markets?
January 6th, 2013
Via Index Universe, a report on the next emerging markets: As emerging markets have grown in popularity and significance over the last two decades, many of the benefits of investing in these once-idiosyncratic markets have diminished, to some extent. The correlation of emerging markets with developed markets has steadily risen, eroding diversification benefits. If anything, […]
Read more »A Myth Around Africa’s Rise?
January 6th, 2013
Via Foreign Policy, a contrarian look at Africa’s economic potential: Recent high growth rates and increased foreign investment in Africa have given rise to the popular idea that the continent may well be on track to become the next global economic powerhouse. This “Africa Rising” narrative has been most prominently presented in recent cover stories […]
Read more »Chinese Companies To Invest Billions In Cambodia
January 4th, 2013
Via The New York Times, a report on planned Chinese investment in Cambodia: Two Chinese companies have reached a deal to build a 400-kilometer rail line, a steel plant and a seaport in Cambodia, worth a combined $11.2 billion, in what would be by far the impoverished country’s biggest-ever investments. Cambodia Iron & Steel Mining […]
Read more »Haiti: Pearls Of Wisdom
January 3rd, 2013
Via Leopard Capital, a look at the investment potential of Haiti: As billions of dollars of foreign assistance pour into the “Pearl of the Antilles” driving economic growth, the CEO and Founder of pioneering private equity firm Leopard Capital explains why he believes Haiti is poised for growth and mutually beneficial investment opportunities abound In […]
Read more »Focusing primarily on The New Seven Sisters - the largely state owned petroleum companies from the emerging world that have become key players in the oil & gas industry as identified by Carola Hoyos, Chief Energy Correspondent for The Financial Times - but spanning other nascent opportunities around the globe that may hold potential in the years ahead, Wildcats & Black Sheep is a place for the adventurous to contemplate & evaluate the emerging markets of tomorrow.