Does North Korea Sit Atop Significant Oil Reserves?
Via 19FortyFive, a report on North Korea’s oil potential: One of North Korea’s most enduring domestic challenges has been its inability to reliably meet domestic energy demands – both in [...]
After China, Globalization May Lead To Mexico
Courtesy of the New York Times, a look at how – as American companies seek to limit their exposure to the pitfalls of making goods in China – some are moving production to Mexico: As [...]
A New Marshall Plan? How Ukraine Will Be Rebuilt
Via Radio Free Europe, commentary on how Ukraine will be rebuilt after the war: Just weeks after Russian President Vladimir Putin launched his country’s unprovoked full invasion of Ukraine on [...]
Croatia Anticipates Economic Boost As It Prepares to Adopt Euro
Courtesy of The Financial Times, a look at Croatia anticipated economic boost as it prepares to adopt the euro on January 1: Ivo Boži?, a stallholder selling trinkets at the Christmas market in [...]
Venezuela Grows Closer to Mercosur and Argentina
Via MercoPress, an article on Venezuela’s moves to grow closer to Mercosur and Argentina: Venezuela’s return to Mercosur, the resumption of flights between Buenos Aires and Caracas, and [...]
Turkmenistan Builds New $1.5 Billion City, Far Removed From Grinding Poverty
Via Radio Free Europe, a report on Turkmenistan new $1.5 billion city, Arkadag, which is expected to house the country’s elite: Turkmenistan, one of the world’s most repressive and isolated [...]

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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.