China’s Growing Influence in Latin America
June 27th, 2023 Via the Council on Foreign Relations, a detailed look at how – for more than two decades – China has developed close economic and security ties with many Latin American countries, [...]
The Infrastructure Trap: Kenya’s $5B Railway To Nowhere
June 27th, 2023 Via The Dial, commentary on how Kenya’s $5 billion railway to nowhere is exacerbating debt and corruption. One morning in March, a Chinese-built train departed the Kenyan capital of Nairobi and [...]
Battle for India’s Skies
June 27th, 2023 Courtesy of Afshin Molavi’s highly recommended Emerging World Week substack report, a look at India’s growing aviation sector: The battle for the Indian air traveler just got hotter. [...]
Indonesia – Unlocking Its Potential
June 27th, 2023 Via Columbia ThreadNeedle Investments, analysis of Indonesia’s economic potential: Previously Indonesia has been vulnerable to the commodity cycle, but the country is forging a unique path to [...]
Does Your Company Have an India Strategy?
June 27th, 2023 Courtesy of Harvard Business Review, commentary on how the price-to-book ratios of Indian subsidiaries of multinationals far exceeds those of their parent companies, suggesting the subsidiaries have [...]
Is Indonesia’s New High-Speed Rail Line Worth It?
June 27th, 2023 Via The Diplomat, a look at – whether or not the rail line turns a profit – Jakarta is hoping that its new high-speed rail line brings a wider range of subsidiary benefits: Test runs are [...]

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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.