The Crackdown on the North Korean Market Economy: What Does It Really Mean?
December 1st, 2020 Via North Korea Economic Watch, commentary on some recent events suggesting a North Korean government crackdown against the market economy: Is the North Korean government cracking down on the market [...]
China Diversifies in Central Asia
November 30th, 2020 Via Eurasianet.com, a look at how Beijing has adopted a new economic model for Central Asia, investing less in major infrastructure and spreading its risk: Roads, pipelines, coal-fired power plants: [...]
Angola: The OPEC Producer Looking To Sell A Stake In Its Oil Company
November 29th, 2020 Via OilPrice.com, a report on Angola’s Sonangol: OPEC producer Angola plans to raise much-needed cash via selling a stake in its state oil firm Sonangol by early 2022 as the crash in oil [...]
Turkey’s Plans To Become ‘A Logistical Superpower’
November 14th, 2020 Via Window on Eurasia, a look at Turkey plans to become ‘a Logistical Superpower’: Adil Karaismailoglu, Turkey’s minister for transportation and infrastructure, says that Ankara “plans [...]
Rail Freight Use on China’s Iron Silk Road Underdelivers
November 13th, 2020 Via The Diplomat, an article on disappointing rail freight use on China’s Iron Silk Road: Containerized rail freight transport under China Rail Express (CR Express) between Europe and China is one [...]
For Future Prosperity, Afghanistan Must Look North
November 9th, 2020 Via Arab News, commentary on Afghanistan’s economic future via linkages to the north: When the international community talks about a “regional solution” for Afghanistan, mostly it is [...]

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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.