BRICS: At Risk Becoming Satellites of China
Courtesy of The Financial Times, commentary on the BRICS’ lopsided turn towards China: There can’t be many international summits where a head of government stays away for fear of being [...]
Honda Looks To Kick-Start e-Motorbike Sales in Southeast Asia
Courtesy of NikkeiAsia, a look at how Honda aims to kick-start e-motorbike sales in Southeast Asia: Honda Motor is launching its first electric two-wheeler models in Indonesia, seeing Southeast Asia [...]
Will China Be The Next Japan?
Courtesy of the New York Times, insightful commentary on Japan’s economic situation and how China may/may not follow its trajectory: I hope that at least some of my readers are too young to [...]
Why India Is the ‘Dream Emerging Market’
Via ETF.com, a look at the bullish case for India, as well as China: The perfect emerging market doesn’t exist—well actually, maybe it does.  In last week’s Exchange Traded Fridays podcast, [...]
Eritrea: Africa’s North Korea?
Via African Arguments, a look at Eritrea, Beijing’s oldest friend in the Horn of Africa: In the middle of May, Eritrea’s president Isaias Afwerki visited China. He was warmly received. The [...]
Should EU Aim For Its Own ‘Belt and Road’?
Courtesy of The Financial Times, commentary on whether the EU should aim for its own Belt and Road, given its need for more and closer allies on issues like supply chains, tech rules and climate [...]

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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.