Frontier Markets To Be In DJ Classification
January 19th, 2011
Via Index Universe, news that Dow Jones Indexes, one of the leading global index providers, is planning a new country classification system that will include frontier markets as a separate category for the first time. As the article notes: “…The new system will begin to take effect in March 2011. Seventeen of the 35 countries […]
Read more »‘BRIC’ Creator To Add Newcomers To List
January 17th, 2011
Courtesy of The Financial Times, an article on how Jim O’Neill, who coined the term “Bric”, is about to redefine further emerging markets and will explain the new approach to clients this month. As the article notes: “…The chairman of Goldman Sachs Asset Management plans to add Mexico, South Korea, Turkey and Indonesia into a […]
Read more »Frontier Markets in 2011
January 17th, 2011
Via Seeking Alpha, a positive outlook for frontier markets in 2011: “…Whilst most asset allocators are making cautious predictions for 2011, some are calling for increased allocation to those emerging markets left behind by the BRIC euphoria. In particular, new emerging markets, or frontier markets, are fast becoming an investment theme in their own right. […]
Read more »Communist Laos Moves Towards Capitalism… Slowly
January 13th, 2011
Courtesy of The Financial Times, a report that Laos recently established a stock exchange. As the article notes: “…Communist Laos will dip its toes into capitalist shores, when it launches the world’s newest bourse in Vientiane on Tuesday. The exchange starts with just two state-owned stocks on the board: EDL Generation, which is controlled by […]
Read more »BRIC To BRICS?
December 28th, 2010
Via Terra Daily, an update on an earlier post, namely that South Africa announced that it has been formally invited to join the Brazil, Russia, India and China (BRIC) group of key emerging nations, bolstering its image as the economic gateway to Africa. As the article notes, this may be more politically motivated than economic, […]
Read more »South Africa: Building a BRIC Foundation With China?
December 27th, 2010
Courtesy of The Financial Times, a report that China has invited South Africa to join the Bric group of fast-growing emerging markets – or at least to join one of their meetings. As the article notes: “…South Africa has been dropping not-so-subtle hints about its desire to be part of the group for a while […]
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.