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 [...]
Virugna Energy: Power Plants That May Save a Park, and Aid a Country
Courtesy of the New York Times, a detailed look at the Democratic Republic of Congo’s Virunga National Park where there is hope that hydroelectric plants will help create jobs and reduce the [...]
Russian Gazprom Develops Kyrgyzstan’s Natural Gas Infrastructure
Via the Times of Central Asia, a look at efforts by Russia’s Gazprom to develop Kyrgyzstan’s natural gas infrastructure: Russian Gazprom develops Kyrgyzstan’s natural gas [...]
New Silk Road: Japan To Counteract China In Kazakhstan With New Asia-Europe Rail Deall
Via Forbes, a report on a new Japanese investment to counter China’s BRI initiative: Japan continues standing in the ring with China, exchanging blow for blow as the Asian rivals [...]
Pakistan’s $100B Deal With China
Via Devex, a detailed look at China’s investment and aid to Pakistan: Early last year, the Pakistani government sent USAID officials in Islamabad a mystifying letter via snail mail: please [...]
Iran-Afghan Economies Tied by One-Way Trade
Via the Financial Tribune, a report on Iran/Afghanistan trade: A review of trade between Iran and Afghanistan over the past decade shows the neighboring country has mainly been an importer of Iranian [...]

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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.