India, Vietnam, and Philippines to Drive Emerging Asia Growth in 2022
January 14th, 2022
Via Emerging World, a look at Fitch’s 2022 Asia Pacific forecasts: We recently viewed the latest Asia Pacific forecast put out by Fitch. On a broad level, they see regional growth to slow, weighed down by China. In ‘21, Emerging Asia grew above 7%, but it hovers around 5.7% in the Fitch forecast for ‘22. But […]
Read more »How Venezuela Became One Big Casino
January 14th, 2022
Via The Atlantic, a report on how – in the midst of the country’s economic collapse – casinos, and the dollar, are king again: The monkey entered the casino after midnight. It clung to the arm of a short man with a military haircut. The man stood and watched the action at the roulette tables […]
Read more »Venezuela: Decline Of An Oil Giant
January 14th, 2022
Via Oil & Gas Daily, an article on the deterioration of Venezuela’s petroleum sector: Leaks, rusted pipes, pieces of broken equipment scattered about and staircases leading nowhere: Lake Maracaibo’s oil field is a metaphor for Venezuela’s once-flourishing petroleum industry that is now on its knees. More than a century ago, the Maracaibo basin in northwestern […]
Read more »DP World Begins Construction Of Its Biggest Port In Africa
January 5th, 2022
Via The National, a report on DP World’s plans to develop Senegal’s Ndayane deepwater port with more than $1bn earmarked for investment: Global ports operator DP World has begun construction of Senegal’s Ndayane deepwater port, the Dubai-based company’s biggest port investment in Africa to date and a project that is set to boost the country’s position […]
Read more »Bangladesh: Top Frontier Market Pick
December 31st, 2021
Via The Business Standard, a look at a frontier investment firm which has named Bangladesh as one of its top country pick: Asian Frontier Capital (AFC), the investment management company behind AFC Asia Frontier Fund, expressed a bullish outlook on the Bangladesh economy and the country’s blue-chip stocks the firm prefers to invest in. The frontier […]
Read more »East Timor: The World’s Youngest Failed State
December 31st, 2021
Via Foreign Affairs, an article on East Timor: By almost any measure, Southeast Asia is thriving. The region has a population of over 600 million, brings in more foreign investment than China, and boasts a combined GDP of $2.5 trillion, larger than India’s $1.9 trillion economy. It is no wonder, then, that Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, […]
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.