Russia’s Three Gas Pipelines to China and The West
Via Oil and Gas Daily, an article on Russia’s three gas pipelines to China and the West: Russia, the world’s top gas exporter, is planning to launch three major natural gas pipelines [...]
Afghanistan Cricket Team Turns The Market From Monopoly To Perfect Market Competition For Investors
Via Eurasia Review, an interesting OpEd on increasing competition for sponsorship of the Afghan national cricket team: Over the last five years, entry into Afghan markets has become tougher for both [...]
North Korea’s Economy: The View From China
Via The Diplomat, commentary on the fact that – sanctions aside – many Chinese businesspeople are willing to invest across the border, but is North Korea ready to open its doors for [...]
Vietnam: SE Asia’s Next Growth Story?
Via TechInAsia, a look at Vietnam’s potential to be the next big Asian economic success story Several batches ago, we started to see a steady influx of Vietnamese founders applying to our [...]
China Builds In Myanmar’s Conflict Areas
Via China Dialogue, a report on China’s new infrastructure corridor through Myanmar which crosses war-torn regions, risking further conflict and environmental degradation: A year ago, Myanmar and [...]
Lebanon: Facing A Painful Economic Reckoning
Via CNN, a report on Lebanon’s economic strife: If you’re visiting Beirut, your typical walking tour will span the tip of the peninsula to historic neighborhoods in the eastern quarter. [...]

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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.