Kim Jong Deng: Why North Korea Is Choosing Market Reforms
February 26th, 2015
Via Carnegie’s Moscow Center, a report on North Korea’s market reforms: When we talk about North Korea, a number of clichés invariably pop into our heads: of course, North Korea is a starving country (or a country on the brink of starvation); it is a relic of the Stalinist era ruled by a dynasty of irrational […]
Read more »Zimbabwe: Africa’s Best-Kept Secret?
February 25th, 2015
Via How We Made It In Africa, an interesting look at Zimbabwe: I don’t know what I was expecting when I arrived in Zimbabwe. It certainly wasn’t to land in the most developed country I had ever visited in Africa aside fromSouth Africa (and I have been in quite a few countries throughout the continent). After years […]
Read more »How Azerbaijan Is Coping With Crisis
February 20th, 2015
Courtesy of STRATFOR (subscription required), an interesting analysis of Azerbaijan’s current situation: A view of oil derricks on the shore of the Caspian Sea just outside Baku. Summary Azerbaijan is trying to weather two separate but interrelated crises. The large-scale drop in global oil prices and the standoff between Russia and the West over Ukraine are […]
Read more »The Next Best Frontier Market? Is Mongolia The New Investor Hunting Ground?
February 20th, 2015
Via FTSE, some commentary on Mongolia: Their economies are slumping, nonetheless according to a new report by Commerzbank, Central Asia and Mongolia are becoming increasingly important, not only as a vital supplier of natural resources, but also on account of their geographical location as a crossroads between Europe and Asia. Commerzbank forecasts that future economic […]
Read more »Morocco Ranks 2nd in Africa In Bloomberg’s Most-Promising Emerging Markets
February 20th, 2015
Via Morocco World News, a report on Morocco’s investment potential: Bloomberg ranked the kingdom ahead of Russia, Greece, and India. At the African level, Morocco was ranked 2nd behind South Africa (19th). The ranking of the most-emerging markets was dominated by South Korea, followed by Qatar, China, the United Arab Emirates, Chile, Malaysia, Panama, Peru, […]
Read more »Investment Risk In The Middle East
February 19th, 2015
Via Fortune, a look at investment risk in the Middle East: How secure is the Middle East? Safe enough for investors, it seems. Despite the threat of ISIS and the spread of civil war, big companies are doubling down on the region. In mid-march—Friday the 13th, in fact—corporate VIPs from around the globe will descend […]
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.