Vietnam Pulls Off Asia’s Fastest Growth as Economy Powers On
Via Bloomberg, an article on Vietnam’s continued economic growth: Vietnam’s economy grew at the fastest pace in Asia this year, signaling momentum just before risks from a global slowdown [...]
Timor-Leste’s Track Back To Normality
Via Eurasia Review, analysis of Timor Leste’s near term prospects: In the past few years, everyday life in Timor-Leste has been disrupted by the multiple effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. [...]
India, Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia, and Bangladesh: The World’s New Factories
Via BusinessInsider, a report on how India, Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia, and Bangladesh are stepping up to replace China as the world’s factory: China’s COVID policies are pushing [...]
Somalia: Port of Berbera – Dubai Invests in Horn of Africa Shipping
Via AllAfrica, a look at how Dubai-based DP World is expanding its operations in Somaliland as part of a plan to turn the breakaway region into a major trade hub: The two new cranes towering over a [...]
Syrian Economy: On Brink of Collapse
Courtesy of The Financial Times, a report on Syria’s economy which is on the brink of collapse: The wages Youssef once earned as a taxi driver in Aleppo used to be enough: though the days were [...]
How Greenland’s Mineral Wealth Made It a Geopolitical Battleground
Courtesy of Foreign Policy, a look at how Denmark’s semi-autonomous territory is coveted by China, the United States, and global mining companies: Angutitsiaq Isbosethsen, 21, sits on a small [...]

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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.