Archive for April, 2017

Bangladesh: The New Asian Tiger
April 6th, 2017

Via Business Insider, a look at Bangladesh: When people talk about the “Asian Tigers,” they’re typically referring to Hong Kong, Singapore, South Korea and Taiwan. The four countries experienced rapid growth between the 1960s and 1990s. But now there’s another country that should come to mind: Bangladesh.  The Bangladesh economy has been one of the top performers […]

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Why Mammoth Gas Reserves May Be Useless For Turkmenistan
April 1st, 2017

Via Frontera News, a look at Turkmenistan: Few people may realize that when it comes to natural gas, Turkmenistan is a giant. According to BP Statistical Review of World Energy, Turkmenistan has the world’s fourth largest proven natural gas reserves, even higher than the US. Its share stands at 9.4% of the total proven gas […]

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Wildcats & Black Sheep is a personal interest blog dedicated to the identification and evaluation of maverick investment opportunities arising in frontier - and, what some may consider to be, “rogue” or “black sheep” - markets around the world.

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.

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