Wall Street Shuns China for Asian Neighbor
Courtesy of Newsweek, an article on Wall Street’s growing transition towards India instead of China: Wall Street giants are betting on India’s future growth potential over China as [...]
$5B Global Trade In Smuggled Fuel, Mostly From Russia
Courtesy of Bloomberg, a report on the estimated $5 billion trade in smuggled fuel — much of it coming from Russia: On a clear morning in September 2022, the Queen Majeda, a faded blue and white [...]
How China’s EVs are Taking Thailand by Storm
Via The Diplomat, a look at how Chinese EV automakers have succeeded in the Thai market by adopting comprehensive localization strategies: China’s electric vehicles (EVs) have made serious inroads [...]
China Is Recalibrating Its Latin America Strategy
Courtesy of Bloomberg, commentary on China’s Latin America strategy: China’s influence in Latin America has inspired analysis, fascination and a fair amount of hysteria. Depending on whom [...]
CPEC: Is the Belt and Road Initiative’s Crowning Project A Failure?
Via Brown Political Review, analysis of the CPEC: In October, China celebrated the 10th anniversary of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) with a global forum of partnered countries. The mood was [...]
China Investors Eye Mauritius As It Goes Green and Tries to Sweeten Trade Deals
Via South China Morning Post, a look at China’s investment interest in Mauritius: Located in the Indian Ocean near Madagascar, Mauritius is looking to capitalise on its position as a gateway [...]

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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.