Insight Into The Frontier Markets Consumer
Via Emerging Frontiers, an interesting look at the frontier markets consumer: Swiftarc Capital is an independent, privately held investment management firm that focuses on consumer companies in [...]
Will Kazakhstan Lead An Oil Boom In Asia?
Via the Christian Science Monitor, a look at Kazakhstan’s  prospects look up for oil and gas, even with its giant Kashagan oil field down: A consortium in Kazakhstan led by U.S. supermajor [...]
Yemeni Economy Posts Positive Results In 2013
Via the Eurasia Review, an update on Yemen’s economic performance: Yemen’s economy posted positive indicators at the end of 2013, recording a growth rate in real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) [...]
Iraq’s Oil War
Courtesy of Foreign Policy, an interesting look at the Iraqi government’s management of the oil sector and how – by lashing out at Turkey and Kurdistan – Baghdad could make a tense [...]
Gates: By 2035, There Will Be Almost No Poor Countries Left In The World
Via The Gates Foundation, a very interesting commentary in his 2014 annual letter on the world’s “poor” nations: POOR COUNTRIES ARE DOOMED TO STAY POOR I’ve heard this myth stated [...]
Want Cheap Stocks? Think Frontier Markets
Via Asia Confidential, an interesting article on frontier markets and Vietnam in particular: People go to a retail store searching for bargains. If an item is priced at a 50% discount, they might buy [...]

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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.