Pakistan’s Economy Is On The Brink
Courtesy of The Financial Times, an article on Pakistan’s increasingly fragile economy: Pakistan is in political and economic chaos. Its most populous province, Punjab, was without a government [...]
Emerging Markets Are the Next Comeback Nations
Via Foreign Affairs, commentary on the potential for emerging markets in the near term: Early in the COVID-19 pandemic, I argued in an article for Foreign Affairs that in the 2010s, the United [...]
China Wants Its Investments in Afghanistan to Be Safer Than in Pakistan
Via Foreign Policy, a look at how Beijing could profit handsomely from Afghan resources and exports, but new ventures risk exposing Chinese nationals to violence: Kabul is awash with Chinese [...]
Russia’s Resource Grab in Ukraine
Via Foreign Policy, a report on how Ukraine’s extraordinary riches in energy, minerals, and agriculture are a prize for the Kremlin: Russia’s motives for invading Ukraine vary from security [...]
Bad Business Climate in Russia a Boon for Kazakhstan
Via The Diplomat, a report on how Kazakhstan stands to benefit as Russian companies look to move out of Russia in order to trade globally again: The COVID-19 pandemic broke supply chains and mangled [...]
Marathon Petroleum Snaps Up Ecuador’s Oil After Russian Sanctions
Via Boomberg, a report on Marathon’s purchase of Ecuadorian oil to make up for Russian crude: Marathon Petroleum Corp., previously the largest U.S. buyer of Russian oil, just beefed up supplies [...]

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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.