Timor-Leste’s Economic Make-or-Break Moment
November 24th, 2021 Via The Diplomat, an article on Timor Leste’s urgent efforts to diversify its economy: Since the restoration of its independence in 2002, Timor-Leste has made tremendous progress in social [...]
The Quiet China-Africa Revolution: Chinese Foreign Direct Investment
November 22nd, 2021 Via The Diplomat, a report on how Chinese FDI in Africa has been growing at a rapid clip: The Forum on China Africa Cooperation (FOCAC), a gathering of Chinese and African officials that has been [...]
Kazakhstan’s Power Shortages: Crypto Miners and Geopolitics
November 19th, 2021 Via The Diplomat, an article on how Kazakhstan’s data centers caused a spike in electricity demand, while the country is still dependent on coal: Electricity deficits have caused [...]
The Fate of China’s Rail Line to Uzbekistan Likely to Be Decided in Kyrgyzstan
November 19th, 2021 Via The Jamestown Foundation, a report on how the fate of China’s rail line to Uzbekistan will likely be decided in Kyrgyzstan: As a part of its Belt and Road Initiative, Chinese plans to [...]
Samjiyon: North Korea’s Newest Ski Resort
November 18th, 2021 Via Silk Road Briefing, a report on North Korea’s newest ski resort project: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has been in the news this week making a rare public appearance at the town of [...]
How Goldman’s BRICs Flew Then Faded in Two Decades
November 17th, 2021 Courtesy of Bloomberg, a report on how the BRICs fared in the two decades since they were named: Jim O’Neill wasn’t trying to change the way investors and executives looked at the world twenty [...]

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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.