Colombia
August 17th, 2014
Via The Economist, a report on Colombia’s continued economic growth which has now overtaken Peru to become the region’s fastest-growing large economy: AS HE prepared to begin a second term as Colombia’s president on August 7th, the first name that Juan Manuel Santos inked in for his cabinet was Mauricio Cardenas, who keeps his job […]
Read more »Central Asian Electricity: Mi CASA No Es Tu CASA
August 17th, 2014
Courtesy of The Economist, a look at a planned electricity swap in Central Asia: WAR in Afghanistan, corruption and regional rivalries: until recently these were the main hurdles to a $1.2 billion, American-backed project to send surplus electricity from Central Asia to energy-hungry Afghanistan and Pakistan. Now comes another: there is unlikely to be any […]
Read more »How Morocco Could Take Over Western Africa
August 14th, 2014
Via Ozy, an interesting look at how Morocco, already an important economic hub on the African continent, is now preparing to go global: The word “Casablanca” evokes ancient souks and bazaars, maybe Rick’s Café Américain — not so much “modern financial hub.” Yet, Morocco’s bustling commercial capital is becoming just that. And now, this […]
Read more »Mozambique: Natural Resources to Provide Catalyst for Further Development
August 13th, 2014
Courtesy of Future Directions International, a detailed look at Mozambique, where large reserves of natural resources in Mozambique are attracting foreign investment, which is expected to boost the already-growing economy: After a decade-long civil war, Mozambique was one of the world’s poorest countries. Now, however, it has one of the world’s fastest growing economies. Gross […]
Read more »ISIS: The World’s Most Frightening Start Up
August 11th, 2014
Via Fortune, an interesting look at the business dealings of the Islamist extremist group ISIS: Every startup needs financing and a market to succeed. So, too, for the Islamist extremist group ISIS—or simply the Islamic State, as it calls itself—whose fighters stormed across the Syrian border into Iraq in June and seized the country’s second-biggest […]
Read more »Majority Of Fastest Growing Economies Will Be Frontier Markets Through 2015
August 9th, 2014
Via FMG Funds, an interesting look at a forecast projecting that, through 2015, 39 of the 45 fastest growing economies will be frontier markets: Today’s young people will be tomorrow’s consumers and producers. When one considers the 20 most populous nations, 9 are considered Frontier Markets, 8 are Emerging Markets and only 3 are Developed Markets.
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.