Chinese Carmaker Moves into Iran
August 15th, 2007 Noticed this on Automotive World, and was struck by two things.  First, it is just yet another example of China reaching out to smaller developing markets, especially those [...]
China, Chad, and a Pan-African Aggregation Grid?
August 12th, 2007 Noticed an interesting article in today’s International Herald Tribune, further emphasizing China’s interest in gaining access to Africa’s petroleum resources. While we have [...]
Post-Castro Cuban economy … unfolding right now
July 28th, 2007 Tucked neatly into Forbes’ current International Investing Guide edition is Alex Davidson’s interesting piece on Cuba’s investment potential. While much of the focus is on [...]
Libya … a future investment haven?
July 27th, 2007 Lots in the news recently regarding Libya’s agreement to release the foreign medical workers held in the HIV/AIDs scandal, ostensibly partially in return for greater interaction with the EU. [...]
A ‘China opening’ to Iran?
July 27th, 2007 Have not yet written much on the National Oil Company of Iran but, despite all the negative press, rhetoric, and bashing by both sides, I personally believe that Iran is a market we should examine [...]
Into Africa …
July 26th, 2007 Was pleased to read Wednesday’s Globe & Mail article which discussed Merrill Lynch’s recent report that Africa could be the “final frontier” of the world’s emerging [...]

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Wildcats & Black Sheep is a personal interest blog dedicated to the identification and evaluation of maverick investment opportunities arising in frontier - and, what some may consider to be, “rogue” or “black sheep” - markets around the world.

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.