India Rises As Emerging Markets Darling
March 7th, 2024
Courtey of Forbes, bullish commentary on India: The India bulls are charging. If the emerging markets universe had an anointed darling last year, it would be India – and the momentum is still growing. Net inflows into exchange traded funds (ETFs) focused on Indian stocks shattered records in 2023, clocking in at $8.6 billion last year. India’s […]
Read more »Chinese Investment in Asia Rose 37% in 2023, Led by Indonesia
March 7th, 2024
Courtesy of Nikkei Asia, an article on growing Chinese investment and construction activity in the Asia-Pacific region: Chinese investment in the Asia-Pacific region rose sharply in 2023, a new report shows, bucking global trends even as the world’s No. 2 economy sputters. The report by Brisbane’s Griffith University and Shanghai’s Fudan University shows that Chinese […]
Read more »Mongolia Enters Global Space Industry with Cubesat Launch
March 7th, 2024
Via Capacity Media, a report on Mongolia’s entrance into the global space race: Mongolia has entered the global space industry with the launch of its first satellites The news marks the deployment of two low-earth-orbit nano satellites that launched into space aboard Space-X’s Falcon-9 rocket from its Vandenberg Space Force Base launch site in California. […]
Read more »Debt, Inflation, Currency Crisis: Can Egypt Awake From Its Economic Nightmare?
March 7th, 2024
Courtesy of The Africa Report, a look at Egypt’s economic crisis: With the pound at rock bottom, hyperinflation and colossal debt, Cairo is sinking into a deep economic crisis. As the Middle East conflict indirectly affects one of its main sources of income, it’s time to take a closer look at the acute pressures on […]
Read more »China’s Latin American Investments Downshift To Smaller, More Strategic Projects
March 6th, 2024
Via China Strategy, a look at China’s Latin American investment strategy: Margaret Myers, one of the study’s main researchers and director of its Asia and Latin America programme, said that the years of large, high-risk projects have led to a reorganisation of priorities in Beijing. She believes that the Chinese economic slowdown has led several […]
Read more »Africa Needs China For Its Digital Development, But At What Price?
March 6th, 2024
Via The Conversation, a report on China’s role in advancing Africa’s digital future: Digital technologies have many potential benefits for people in African countries. They can support the delivery of healthcare services, promote access to education and lifelong learning, and enhance financial inclusion. But there are obstacles to realising these benefits. The backbone infrastructure needed […]
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.