Jim Rogers: “I Would Buy North Korea If I Could”
May 8th, 2015
Via the Jim Rogers tracking blog, interesting commentary by the famed investor on North Korea: Yes! I’m very excited about North Korea. If I could put all of my money into North Korea, I would. Massive changes are taking place there. I would not have invested in Kim Jong Un’s father or grandfather by any stretch […]
Read more »Business Is Hot In Cool Baltics
May 7th, 2015
Via Ozy, an interesting report on the economic strength of the Baltic countries: Rokas Grajauskas gets paid to watch the economies of the Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and his home country, Lithuania. And he takes his job as an analyst for the Copenhagen-based Danske Bank quite literally. Outside his steel-and-glass office tower in downtown […]
Read more »Online Shopping Hits North Korea… Sort Of
May 6th, 2015
Via CBS News, an interesting report on North Korea’s new online shopping system: Online shopping has arrived in North Korea, though it’s as isolated from the rest of the world as the country itself, and the vast majority of North Koreans lack the technology to use it. The website Okryu, aimed primarily at smartphone users, offers […]
Read more »Economic Upsides Of An Open Cuba
May 1st, 2015
Via Time Magazine, a look at how Cuba could be the next frontier of global business: Taking Cuba off the list of nations that sponsor terrorism is the latest development that will attract foreign companies to the island. So who wants in? These five stats explain which industries present the most opportunities as Cuba opens […]
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.