A(D)MD: Abu Dhabi Buys Stake in AMD
Via the WSJ, another case of Abu Dhabi’s strategic-investment arm – Mubadala Development Co. – continuing to build its presence in high-tech sectors as part of the broader trend of [...]
C it go — Chavez’s Petrocracy Scales Back Profits at Citgo
A very interesting WSJ article on Citgo – which Venezuela bought two decades ago to market its hard-to-refine heavy oil – changing its focus to feed cash to President Chávez’s [...]
Signs of the Middle East’s Financial Colonization of American Capital Markets?
The Financial Times recently reported that Colony Capital, the US private equity group and one of the world’s largest property investors, is considering selling a stake to a Middle Eastern [...]
Approaching Eurasia’s Tipping Point?
As noted in a recent Stratfor report (subscription required), upcoming Azerbaijani and Turkmen talks about the legal status of the two countries’ maritime border in the Caspian Sea could well [...]
$100 Oil: Creating a New World Order
An interesting look by The New York Times at how the approach of triple-digit oil prices has redrawn the economic and political map of the world, causing oil-rich nations to enjoy historic gains and [...]
A Rio Find: Brazil Finds a New Hydrocarbon Deposit
Via RIA Novosti, news that a massive oil and gas deposit has been discovered in Brazil, which could make it one of the world’s leading hydrocarbon producers. “…the new field, [...]

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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.