Russia and Venezuela: Closer Cooperation in Oil & Gas Markets
As reported in The International Herald Tribune, President Hugo Chávez of Venezuela and President Dmitri Medvedev of Russia recently declared that their countries would more closely coordinate [...]
Gazprom and Russia’s Energy Imperialism
Via World Politics Review, an excellent article on Gazprom and Russia’s energy imperialism.  As the article notes: “…An ogre of a giant looms to the east of Europe, occasionally [...]
African Investment: Driven by Terrain?
Via Stratfor (subscription required), an excellent analysis of how the rugged terrain of Sub-Saharan Africa prevents industrialization and modern infrastructure from taking hold and engenders chronic [...]
Investing In Pakistan a Riot?
 As this recent Bloomberg article reminds us, investing in emerging “Black Sheep” markets offers a myriad of challenges: “…Pakistan investors stormed out of the Karachi [...]
Venezuelan Issues
Courtesy of NPR, a review of the state of affairs in Venezuela’s oilpatch.  As the article – an interview with Michael Shifter with the Inter-American Dialogue in Washington – [...]
The Thai Market: Opportunity for Those With A Strong Stomach?
The Wall Street Journal offered an interesting look at the Thai stock market today, speculating that perhaps some value-based opportunities may be present. As the article notes: “…The [...]

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WILDCATS AND BLACK SHEEP
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.