Railway Cargo Flow Between Afghanistan and China Depends on Uzbekistan
Via Central Times of Asia, a report on how railway cargo between Afghanistan and China depends on Uzbekistan: The shipment of goods to Afghanistan by rail from China stopped three months ago due to [...]
The Opaque Trading Network Keeping North Korea Afloat
Courtesy of the Financial Times, a look at the web of rusty ships and shell companies keeping North Korea afloat despite tightening sanctions: For a Hong Kong company managing a small fleet of cargo [...]
Emerging Markets In 2050
Via ValueWalk, an interesting look at emerging markets in 2050: Not long from now, the entire notion of “emerging markets” will go the way of telephone land lines and gasoline-powered cars. Soon, [...]
China Eyes Iran As Important Belt And Road Hub
Via Eurasia Review, a look at China’s focus on Iran as an important BRI hub: China’s strategic interest in Iran is intensifying. Chinese manufacturers are looking to establish new operations [...]
China: Building A New City In The Desert Of Oman
Via Forbes, an interesting look at Chinese plans to build an entirely new $10.7 billion transit-oriented industrial city in Oman: Nobody is going to confuse the dusty fishing village of Duqm for [...]
Zimbabwe: The Hottest Stock Market Of 2017 (But Good Luck Getting Out)
Via Investment Frontier, a look at Zimbabwe’s equity market: The Zimbabwe Industrial Index, which is the main index on the exchange that contains every company except for a handful of mining [...]

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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.