A Shifting Balance between Gazprom and Rosneft in Russia?
Came across Strator’s (subscription only) interesting analysis of Gazprom’s desire to purchase at least 50 percent of Rosneft’s prized subsidiary, Tomskneft, a move indicating that [...]
Iran and Malaysia Cooperate To Develop Gas Fields
Stratfor (subscription required) recently noted that Iran and Malaysia agreed to develop the Golshan and Ferdows natural gas fields in southern Iran. As the article indicates, the $16 billion [...]
A New Vietnam – China Highway: Part of An Increased Web of Asian Trade Corridors
The International Herald Tribune recently reported that plans for a four-lane highway from Hanoi to Kunming are expected to be confirmed soon. While this will definitely lead to the greater [...]
Wireless Operators Dialing Africa and Other Emerging Markets For Growth
As recently reported in the Investors Business Daily, there is a race among various cellular phone operators to grab assets in still-developing markets where wireless penetration is still well below [...]
North Korea’s Future Exports?
As noted in Portfolio, North Korea is increasing its production of exportable goods in advance of what some feel will be a more relaxed trade environment in future months. Last year, North Korea sold [...]
Frontier Markets: E(Merging) into the Mainstream?
As reported in The Wall Street Journal, “frontier markets” are up nearly 100% or more in dollar terms, according to a Standard & Poor’s index.  As the article notes, such [...]

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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.