Mongolia Puts Faith In Chinese Railway To Boost Covid-Battered Economy
Courtesy of The Financial Times, an article on Mongolia’s hopes that a Chinese railway will help boost its Covid-battered economy: Mongolia opened a new rail line to China on Friday that the [...]
Most of the World’s Soccer Balls Come From Pakistan
Via Bloomberg, an article on how Sialkot, a city in northeast Pakistan, produces about 70% of the world’s supply—including Adidas’s Al Rihla, the official ball of the 2022 FIFA World Cup in [...]
Debt-Ridden Ghana Plans To Buy Oil With Gold Instead Of Dollars
Via Business Insider, an article on Ghana’s recent decision to buy oil with gold instead of dollars, as foreign currency reserves dwindle to an alarming low: Ghana’s government is [...]
The Reality of Vietnam’s Energy Transition
Courtesy of The Diplomat, a look at Vietnam’s energy transition, a country which emerged as a regional leader in renewables, but some thorny challenges ahead: Earlier this fall, U.S. climate [...]
Iran-Venezuela Relationship Expands Beyond Energy
Via Press TV and the Iran Project, a report on the growing relationship between Iran and Venezuela: Iran is planning to ship another 2,000 cars to Venezuela, an Iranian trade official says, in a [...]
Economic Rationale For China’s Pivot To Vietnam
Via Asia Power Watch, a report on the economic rationale for China’s pivot to Vietnam: There has been a lot of media coverage around the recent escalation of high-level negotiations underway [...]

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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.