China, Chad, and a Pan-African Aggregation Grid?
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 [...]
Pakistan’s Improved, but Fragile Economoy
When General Pervez Musharraf seized power in a 1999 military coup, Pakistan was nearly bankrupt and under numerous international sanctions. And, if one was merely reading the news of the past few [...]
Post-Castro Cuban economy … unfolding right now
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?
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?
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 …
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 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.