Vietnam, Not India, is in a Geopolitical and Geoeconomic Sweet Spot
July 7th, 2024 Via The Diplomat, a comparison of India and Vietnam: Vietnam has demonstrated a dexterity in its foreign policy that few other countries can claim, having hosted U.S. President Joe Biden, Chinese [...]
Investment World’s Efforts To Navigate Geopolitics
July 5th, 2024 Courtesy of The Financial Times, a report on how the investment world is trying to navigate geopolitics: Attended by prominent figures such as tech billionaire Michael Dell, Blackstone chief Stephen [...]
Oil Find Helps Namibia Transform Into Business Route for Airlink
July 5th, 2024 Via Bloomberg, an article on the impact that Namibia’s oil and gas finds are having upon air travel: Airlink plans to upgrade to bigger aircraft in due time Airlink has commercial partnerships [...]
US Intervened In Congo Mine Sale To Chinese Arms Group
July 5th, 2024 Courtesy of The Financial Times, an article examining how US officials encouraged DRC’s state miner Gécamines to review its sale of a copper mine to a subsidiary of a Chinese defense company: [...]
China EV Makers Neta, Xpeng Turn To Africa Amid European Backlash
July 4th, 2024 Courtesy of Nikkei Asia, an article on the growing EV market in emerging economies worldwide: Chinese electric-vehicle manufacturers Neta Auto and Xpeng Motors are ramping up their push into Africa, [...]
Cancellation of Nickel Investments Should Be a Wake-Up Call for Indonesia
July 4th, 2024 Via The Diplomat, a report on the cancellation of two planned nickel investments: On June 24, two multinational mining and mineral processing giants, France-based Eramet and Germany-based BASF, [...]

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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.