Investors Urged To Note Opportunities In Iraq
May 26th, 2011
Via The Financial Times, an interesting article on investment opportunities in Iraq: “…Mohammed al-Hashemi remembers how excited his mother was when she bought shares in the Baghdad Softdrinks Company 27 years ago. Najat al-Kadi was one of a select group of Iraqis keen to participate in the country’s privatisation programme during the mid-1980s, which saw […]
Read more »Laos
May 21st, 2011
Via Agence-France Presse, an interesting article on Chinese investment in Laos. As the report notes: The language is Chinese, change is given in yuan and the time is set for Beijing — but the Boten casino is in Laos, not China. This impoverished country is overrun by investments from the more powerful neighbors that surround […]
Read more »Pakistan Woos Russian Energy Giant
May 19th, 2011
Via Pakistan’s Tribune, an update on Pakistan’s courtship of Gazprom. As the article notes: “…Pakistan will make an offer to Russian energy giant Gazprom, the largest extractor of natural gas in the world, to participate in two multi-billion-dollar gas pipeline projects – Iran-Pakistan (IP) and Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) projects, during President Asif Ali Zardari’s visit to […]
Read more »A New Horde Of Invaders In The Land of Genghis Khan
May 19th, 2011
Via The Independent, a report on the potential of Mongolia’s mining boom: Edward Rochette, a hard-bitten American lawyer and a veteran of mineral exploration in 56 countries, pulls up a stool in the Square Grill Pub in central Ulan Bator and contemplates Mongolia’s 21st century gold rush. The plush bar, with its fancy chairs and […]
Read more »Mongolia: Riskier Than Belarus?
May 4th, 2011
Courtesy of The Financial Times, an article on Moody’s risk profile of Mongolia: Mongolia may be the darling of the mining world and a hotspot for investors in developing Asian economies. However as far as the credit markets are concerned, it might as well be a Greece or a Belarus. That’s according to Moody’s, which […]
Read more »Pakistan: underinvested
May 2nd, 2011
Via The Financial Times, a brief analysis of the investment potential in Pakistan given recent events: “…If the US Department of State follows up on its pledge to pay $25m in reward money for information leading to the capture of Osama bin Laden, then perhaps somebody, somewhere, is in line for a mega-windfall, equivalent to […]
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.