Guyana Is World’s Most Booming Economy — And Is Set to Grow 38% This Year
Courtesy of Bloomberg, a look at how massive crude deposits first drilled by Exxon are transforming Guyana which – last year – grew 62%: Guyana’s economy will expand 38% this year as a [...]
Silk Road vs. Spice Route:  IMEC and Its Implications
Via Modern Diplomacy, commentary on IMEC (India-Middle East Corridor) and its implications: PM Modi’s opening remarks at the G20 Meeting made references to overcoming the crisis of mutual trust [...]
Saudi Arabia: Cutting Its Cloth To Become Next Kingdom Of Fashion
Via Arab News, a look at how – under the Fashion Commission, which was one of 11 such bodies established in 2020 by the Ministry of Culture – a plethora of initiatives to further grow the [...]
Venezuela Formally Applies To Join BRICS+
Via Modern Diplomacy a report that Venezuela has formally applied to join the BRICS+: Last August 3rd, the government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela formalized its petition to join the bloc [...]
China and The Taliban: Friends In Need Of Each Other?
Via Nikkei Asia, commentary on China’s relationship with Afghanistan, where investment creeps forward amid continued security worries: In a portentous marker of the second anniversary of the [...]
The Global $800B Remittances Market
Via Latinometrics, an insightful look at Latin America and the $800B remittances market: You’re a young Colombian who’s just secured a job in the San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles as [...]

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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.