What’s Driving Kim Jong Un’s New Regional Development Policy?
Via The Diplomat, a look at Kim Jong Un’s new Regional Development policy which acknowledges the severe disparity in living conditions between Pyongyang and the rest of the country – and the [...]
The Big Picture of Mexican Exports
Via Geopolitical Futures, a look at Mexico’s exports and recent data that suggest its pivot to Asia may pay off: Mexico’s economy made headlines late last week when the latest data from the [...]
The World Needs More Belts and More Roads, Chinese-Style
Via South China Morning Post, commentary from influential author Parag Khanna how the Belt and Road Initiative is exactly the blueprint needed in this age of uncertainty and instability: A new [...]
U.S. Gas Producers Are Racing to Sell to Asia. And Mexico Is Key.
Courtesy of the New York Times, a look at how, by next year, American natural gas will start flowing across Mexico to a major export terminal on the Pacific, reflecting a global energy landscape [...]
Can Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso Maintain Growth Outside ECOWAS?
Courtesy of The Africa Report, a look at whether Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso can maintain growth outside ECOWAS: The three countries shaken by coups have economies with growth prospects above the [...]
Vietnam’s Chip Shot: Dangling Incentives To Bolster Semiconductor Industry
Via Nikkei Asia, an article on Vietnam’s efforts to attract foreign semiconductor investment: Vietnam has pledged tax breaks and other perks to semiconductor companies that help to develop the [...]

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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.