Zelenskyy, BlackRock CEO Fink Agree to Coordinate Ukraine investment
Via CNBC, a report that Ukrainian President Zelenskyy and BlackRock CEO Fink have agreed to coordinate Ukraine investment: KEY POINTS BlackRock Financial Markets Advisory and the Ukrainian Ministry [...]
Could Africa Replace China As The World’s Source of Rare Earth Elements?
Via Brookings Institute, commentary on the potential for Africa could replace China as the world’s source of rare earth elements: Rare earth elements—a group of 17 metals—are critical for [...]
Dhaka Launches First Metro Rail Service
Via CNN, a report that Dhaka – one of the world’s most congested cities – just opened its first metro line: Bangladesh on Wednesday launched its first metro rail service in the [...]
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 [...]

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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.