The New Silk Road Is Not Chinese, It’s International
Via Forbes, an interesting report on the countries involved in building the new Silk Road: When the Soviet Union fell the political and economic landscape of central Eurasia shattered into a melee [...]
Eurasia: The World’s Largest Market Emerges
Courtesy of Forbes, an interesting look at slow integration of Eurasia into one massive market: It is happening subtly but its impact could potentially alter the geopolitical and economic balance of [...]
Inside Kazakhstan’s Incredible Economic Transformation
Via Forbes, an interesting look at Kazakhstan: Suitably, the headquarters of National Welfare Fund Samruk-Kazyna is located in a pair of opulent gold-mirrored towers that rise up from the heart of [...]
MTN + Irancell = Profit Opportunity At Last?
Via Techrasa, some commentary on MTN’s operations in Iran: After becoming the second largest Mobile Network Operator in Iran, MTN now wants to invest in e-commerce in the country. MTN has been [...]
Iran-Azerbaijan-Georgia Corridor To Launch In 1 Month
Via The Iran Project, a report on a corridor that will carry shipments from the Black Sea – between Eastern/Southeastern Europe and Western Asia: Iran, Azerbaijan and Georgia are carrying out a [...]
China About to Start $35 Billion of Silk Road Plan in Pakistan
Via Bloomberg, a report on China’s plans to start its investment in Pakistan as part of its Silk Road initiative: More than three quarters of $46 billion of planned Chinese-led investment in [...]

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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.