Al Noor Islamic Bank and The Middle East: An Aptly-Named Investing “Hot House”
September 12th, 2007 A pair of interesting articles on the rise of Middle Eastern financial institutions, courtesy of the WSJ.  First, was Gregory Corcoran’s comments on Dubai’s ruling sheik’s plans [...]
Dubai(‘s) World?
September 12th, 2007 Given the continued prosperity and ascendancy of Dubai & the United Arab Emirates, it will be important to watch their local firms expand globally. The WSJ recently offered an interesting look at [...]
OMV, Iran, and Yemen
September 12th, 2007 An interesting WSJ article on Austrian oil-and-gas company OMV AG which, after several acquisitions in recent years, is now the biggest oil-and-gas player in Central and Eastern Europe, with sales of [...]
Emaar, the UAE, and North Korea
September 6th, 2007 Again thanks to STRATFOR (link to website only; article requires a subscription), the Chairman of Emaar Properties PJSC, the Middle East’s biggest developer by market value, flew to the North [...]
Turkish Investment in Iranian Natural Gas
September 6th, 2007 Thanks to STRATFOR (link to site only; article requires a subscription), I noted Turkish Petroleum Corporation’s (TPAO) announcement that it is pressing ahead with plans to invest $3.5 billion [...]
Iranian Oil Swaps
September 3rd, 2007 An interesting analysis of Iran’s efforts to seek out oil swaps via John C.K. Daly and Energy Daily. As Daly points out, five nations share the Caspian’s coastline — Azerbaijan, [...]

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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.