Can Myanmar’s Economy Cope With Sudden Influx Of Foreign Investment?
July 31st, 2012
Via Radio Australia, an interview examining Myanmar’s ability to cope with sudden influx of foreign investment: Presenter: Richard Ewart Speaker: Brian Klein, former American diplomat and trade official KLEIN: There’s a lot of opportunity in Myanmar so money is chasing that opportunity. But in Myanmar, government is very new and the economy is still quite […]
Read more »War And Debt: Commodities Trading Houses Cash In
July 28th, 2012
Via Reuters, an interesting look at a group of trading houses that are looking at frontier markets for large returns: The Vitol oil trader dressed in heels picking her way through the armed rebels and pick-up trucks of post-war Tripoli had eyes only for the lucrative oil contracts up for grabs from Libya’s new revolutionary […]
Read more »A Look at the BRICS Part I: Brazil’s Woes
July 22nd, 2012
Via ValueWalk, a look at the BRICs, beginning with Brazil: The BRIC countries (Brazil, Russia, India and China) have been touted as the world’s driving forces in economic growth and development for the next 2-3 decades. However, recent economic challenges are putting question marks on the promise upon which, many have placed their hopes. The […]
Read more »Latin America: Trading and Investing Together
July 19th, 2012
Via The Council on Foreign Relations, a look at the progress towards integration in Latin America: Economic ties lead Latin America’s integration efforts. Promising some of the greatest concrete benefits—larger markets, improved livelihoods, and enhanced global economic power—leaders and communities alike have tried to integrate the region through three main means: trade, infrastructure, and investment. […]
Read more »Energy’s Era Of Abundance: Winners And Losers In The Age Of Plenty
July 17th, 2012
Courtesy of Foreign Policy’s Oil and Glory, a look at winners and losers in the new age of energy abundance: We are suffering whiplash: For nearly four decades, OPEC — the cartel formally known as the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries — has been a major economic and geopolitical force in our collective lives, driving […]
Read more »Where the Next Wave of Urban Growth Will Come From
July 16th, 2012
Courtesy of the Harvard Business Review, another look at a recent McKinsey study examining where the next wave of urban growth will come from: You are an executive responsible for unearthing the next new market opportunity for your company and — like your competitors — you’re looking at maps of rapidly-growing economies in the emerging […]
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.