A Hidden Economic Message Behind North Korea’s Satellite Launch?
Via Frontera, interesting commentary that Pyongyang’s recent nuclear tests and satellite launch have little to do with antagonizing the South – or the West  – but rather they point to a [...]
Chabahar Port: A Win for South Asia
Courtesy of Foreign Policy, a report on Chabahar port: When Afghanistan’s Chief Executive Officer Abdullah Abdullah visited Iran on Jan. 4, one of the top items on his agenda was the finalizing [...]
Sub-Saharan Africa’s Most And Least Resilient Economies
Via the Harvard Business Review, an interesting look at Africa’s economies: The past year has been difficult for many markets in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Dramatic currency fluctuations, [...]
Coca-Cola Buys Stake In Nigerian Juice & Dairy Company
Courtesy of the Financial Times, a report on Coke’s recent Nigerian investment: Coca-Cola has bought a minority stake in the Nigerian juice and dairy company CMH. The deal demonstrates the [...]
The Brics Are Dead… Long Live The Ticks
Courtesy of the Financial Times, a report on the decline of Brazil and Russia from an emerging market fund perspective: The Brics are dead. Long live the Ticks. The Brics concept, based on the belief [...]
Iran: Back In Business
Via The New Yorker, a look at Iran’s business potential: Ostracized as a pariah for almost four decades, Iran is back in business in a mere ten days—and with both East and West. On Saturday, [...]

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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.