Myanmar: Ground Zero For China-India Energy Competition
Via The Eurasia Review, a look at Myanmar’s position in the growing competition between China and India over energy resources: Since the early 1990s, China’s remarkable economic growth has [...]
‘Safest’ Frontier Markets For Investments
Courtesy of Investment Frontier, a list of the safest frontier markets to invest in: Our rankings rely on three main sources of rankings: the World Bank’s Ease of Doing Business Rankings, [...]
Iran: Open For Telecommunication Connections
Via The Iran Project, a report on Iran’s telephony market: When Twitter’s Jack Dorsey tweeted Hassan Rouhani in 2013 to ask if any of the citizens of his country were able to read the Iranian [...]
Iran Opens A New Chapter For China-Pakistan Economic Corridor
Via The Iran Project, a look at the role Iran can play in the success of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC): An economic and political analysis of Pakistan believes that Iran can play an [...]
How Chinese Demand For Natural Resources Transformed Emerging Markets
Via Frontrera News, a look at the impact that Chinese demand for natural resources had upon emerging markets: Twenty years ago Zambian copper mines were facing ruin, low prices, failing companies and [...]
BRICS Without Mortar
Courtesy of STRATFOR (subscription required), a detailed look at the fortunes of the BRICS: In 2001, Goldman Sachs analyst Jim O’Neill was looking for a quick and catchy way to refer to [...]

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WILDCATS AND BLACK SHEEP
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.