Investing In Iran: Not Such A Frontier Market
Courtesy of The Financial Times, two interesting articles on Iran as a potential investment destination.  The first lays out the general investment thesis for Iran today: There are frontier [...]
On Africa’s Frontier, Investment May Follow Sustained Security
Courtesy of STRATFOR (subscription required), an interesting analysis of some frontier markets in Africa: Summary Investors may grow more confident about placing their money in some African countries [...]
Investing In Iraq: A Frontier Too Far?
Courtesy of The Financial Times, an interesting look at Iraq: There are frontier investment markets, and then there is Iraq. Bombings and fighting killed at least 42 people on Thursday alone, in nine [...]
Afghanistan’s Minerals Await Vital Railroads
Via BusinessWeek, an interesting article on Afghanistan’s logistics challenge: At the Naibabad freight terminal near the northern Afghan town of Mazar-e-Sharif, workers rush to unload wheat and [...]
Can Mozambique Be The Next LNG Hotbed?
Via Foreign Policy Association, commentary on Mozambique’s potential as a global LNG hotbed: Like many other African countries, Mozambique has enormous potential, but there are many gaps to [...]
India: Advancing Trade Plans With Iran
Via STRATFOR (subscription required), an interesting analysis of closer economic ties between India and Iran: Summary India is trying to open up more direct trade corridors with Central Asia. Two of [...]

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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.