Why Real Estate Investors Should Follow Global Population Trends
December 25th, 2015
Courtesy of the Financial Times, an interesting article on how changing demographics offer unusual opportunities for those prepared to think long-term: The best real estate investment in the world today? Beachfront huts in Somalia. That is according to Hans Rosling, a Swedish public health professor and data visualisation pioneer. A statistical geek is an unlikely […]
Read more »China’s New Silk Road: Boom Or Dust For Pakistan?
November 16th, 2015
Via Space Daily, a look at the first stop along a new $46 billion “economic corridor” designed by China in Pakistan: A glossy highway and hundreds of lorries transporting Chinese workers by the thousands: the new Silk Road is under construction in northern Pakistan, but locals living on the border are yet to be convinced they will receive […]
Read more »Mozambique: Natural Gas Potential Will Lead To Political Compromise
November 8th, 2015
Courtesy of STRATFOR (subscription required), a detailed analysis of the impact of Mozambique’s natural gas potential upon its political situation: The balance of economic power in Mozambique has undergone a major change, rekindling dissatisfaction with the country’s entrenched ruling elite. The change means the East African country’s longtime ruling party will have to make political […]
Read more »Paraguay: South America’s Economic Bright Spot
November 3rd, 2015
Courtesy of STRATFOR (subscription required), a detailed look at Paraguay: The downturn in global commodity prices has hit Latin America hard. Although Brazil and Venezuela are the most notable cases, several countries in the region are experiencing major economic slowdowns or even contractions. Paraguay, however, has managed to buck this trend and become a hotspot for […]
Read more »Impact Of Global Economic Downturn On Latin America
October 27th, 2015
Courtesy of STRATFOR (subscription required), analysis of the impact of the global economic downturn on Latin America: In its first regionwide downturn since 2009, Latin America’s economy is projected to contract by 0.3 percent in 2015 according to the International Monetary Fund’s World Economic Outlook. A confluence of factors, including a collapse in commodity prices, […]
Read more »ISIS, Inc.
October 17th, 2015
Via The Financial Times, an interesting look at ISIS’s petroleum economy: On the outskirts of al-Omar oilfield in eastern Syria, with warplanes flying overhead, a line of trucks stretches for 6km. Some drivers wait for a month to fill up with crude. Falafel stalls and tea shops have sprung up to cater to the drivers, […]
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.