Will Iran’s Economy Collapse?
June 27th, 2018
Via Al-Monitor, an OpEd on Iran’s economic future: Turbulent developments in the past few months on the foreign exchange and gold markets in Iran and the government’s failure to manage runaway prices has compelled some economists to start using the term “bubble economy.” The interrelationship among various markets within the country’s economy was explained in […]
Read more »Economic Scramble For North Korea Heats Up
June 20th, 2018
Courtesy of The Financial Times, a report on North Korea and what appears to be Pyongyang preference for pursuing a state-guided Chinese model over unfettered capitalism: When Donald Trump outlined his vision for the economic development of North Korea, he played on western ideals of luxurious apartments with sea views. But just days after a […]
Read more »Could North Korea Be The Next Vietnam?
June 16th, 2018
Via Capital Economics, an interesting look at North Korea: • Tomorrow’s historic summit between Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un in Singapore has raised the (distant) prospect of international sanctions against North Korea being lifted, a move that one day could even pave the way for the country’s integration into the global economy. While North […]
Read more »North Korea: Opening For Business?
June 12th, 2018
Courtesy of The New York Times, a report on the potential for North Korea to open its economy: North Korea is one of the world’s most isolated countries. It is ruled by an unpredictable dictator with his finger on the nuclear button. So, who wants to invest there? Well, basically nobody. But leading up to […]
Read more »Tajikistan: All That Glitters Is Not Gold…
June 12th, 2018
Via OCCRP, a detailed look at an opaque gold deal in Tajikistan: Sitting in rows upon rows of plastic blue chairs, hundreds of men and women in colorful traditional dress listened attentively to their president. Known in his country’s press universally as the “Founder of Peace and National Unity” (the use of the title is […]
Read more »Investors: Putting Somaliland On The Map
June 6th, 2018
Via Ozy, an interesting look at investing in Somaliland: Hong Kong–based American business developer Robby Zirkelbach has set up small firms in South Sudan, Iran and North Korea. But Somalia was too risky even for the former U.S. Marine sniper with a stomach for adventurous investments, until he stumbled upon the country’s north, the self-declared Republic of […]
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.