Amid Beijing’s ‘Silk Road’ Splurge, Chinese Firms Eye Pakistan
Via thew New York Times, an article on Chinese companies’ interest in Pakistan: Chinese companies are in talks to snap up more businesses and land in Pakistan after sealing two major deals in [...]
The Megacity Economy: How Seven Types of Global Cities Stack Up
Via the Visual Capitalist, a very interesting graphic examining the megacity economy:   Back in 1950, close to 30% of the global population lived in cities. That since has shifted dramatically. By [...]
Investing In Syria’s Future
Courtesy of STRATFOR (subscription required), a look at Syria’s economic future: Forecast The crippled state of Syria’s economy risks weakening the remaining loyalist support for the [...]
Privatization In Iran’s Energy Sector
Courtesy of The Iran Project, a report on the pace of privatization of Iran’s oil and gas industry:  The recent news that Austrian oil firm OMV has signed a preliminary agreement with Dana [...]
How Fast Is The North Korean Economy Growing?
Via the Peterson Institute for International Economics, a look at North Korea’s economic growth: Every so often we get reports that attempt to estimate how fast (or if) the North Korean economy [...]
India’s Flawed Opposition to China–Pakistan Economic Corridor
Via India’s Economic & Political Weekly, a look at how geopolitics rather than geoeconomics predominates India’s thinking on possibilities offered by the revival of the old Silk Road by [...]

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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.