The U.S. Military Is Investing In Palau. So Is China.
Via The Washington Post, a look at Koror, Palau, where the U.S. plans to expand the main harbor for its warships, and where officials worry a Chinese-owned hotel could be used for surveillance: The [...]
Nepal: The Country Where 76% of Cars Sold Are Electric
Via The New York Times, a look at how subsidies, hydroelectricity and a manufacturing powerhouse neighbor are moving the cars into Nepal faster than almost anywhere else: The narrow streets of [...]
Chinese Car Giants Rush Into Brazil With Dreams of Dominating a Continent
Courtesy of the New York Times, an article on how – as the likes of Ford and Mercedes retreat – Great Wall Motor and BYD are building factories and bringing affordable EVs and hybrids to [...]
U.S. Firms To Develop Syria Energy Masterplan After Trump Lifts Sanctions
Via Reuters, a report on U.S. firms’ plans to develop a Syrian energy masterplan: Argent LNG, Baker Hughes, Hunt Energy form coalition for Syria energy masterplan Masterplan includes oil, gas [...]
Mozambique’s $6.4 Billion Hydropower Plan to Get World Bank Funding
Via Bloomberg, an article on Mozambique’s hydropower plan: Mozambique won World Bank backing for its plan to build Southern Africa’s biggest hydropower plant in half a century. The lender [...]
China Trade With North Korea Jumps As Neighbors Rebuild Economic Ties
Via Nikkei Asia, a look at increasing trade between China and North Korea: Economic exchanges between China and North Korea are picking up, with cross-border train service set to resume and bilateral [...]

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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.