Venezuela:Mortgaging Another$4B Of Oil Exports To China
Via Quartz, a report on another oil related transaction between Venezuela and China: The bigger the oil deal, the bigger the portrait. Chinese president Xi Jinping pledged $4 billion in loans to [...]
Iran: Fourth In Crude Oil Reserves, Second In Natural Gas
Via Eurasia Review, a detailed look at Iran’s energy profile: Iran holds some of the world’s largest deposits of proved oil and natural gas reserves, ranking as the world’s fourth-and [...]
Ethiopia Becomes China’s China In Global Search For Cheap Labour
Via the Business of Fashion, a look at how China is now sourcing some of its work in Ethiopia: Ethiopian workers strolling through the parking lot of Huajian Shoes’ factory outside Addis Ababa last [...]
Frontier Markets = Biggest Terrorist Risk Spots In The World?
Via Business Insider, a report on the biggest terrorist risk spots in the world, some of which correlate with some of the more popular frontier markets: Leading global risk analytics firm [...]
Ascendant East Africa
Via STRATFOR (subscription required), an interesting look at East Africa: The Greater Indian Ocean is the maritime organizing principle of geopolitics, uniting the entire arc of Islam (including the [...]
Myanmar: Economic Miracle Or Myth?
Courtesy of the Financial Times, a look at Myanmar’s economic growth: Following his “flipping the switch” on political reform, Thein Sein, Myanmar’s president, has embraced the [...]

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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.