Asia’s Mega-Mall Boom: Headed Toward Bust?
Via Quartz, a report on Asia’s retail real estate issues: Hint: something’s missing. When the United States was choosing a location in Indonesia for its first @America cultural center—a [...]
More Megaprojects? What China’s Rebalancing Means For Asia
Via The Diplomat, a report on China’s economic presence in Asia, taken in light of its slowing domestic growth: The China boom has changed far more than China itself: its impact has been felt [...]
Why India Is Stumbling
Courtesy of the New York Times, a look at India’s recent economic woes: FOR the past three decades, the Indian economy has grown impressively, at an average annual rate of 6.4 percent. From [...]
The Promises and Problems of Gwadar Port
Courtesy of Future Directions, some analysis on Gwadar Port which, though plagued with problems, is likely to succeed in becoming an economic hub: Background Gwadar Port is a deep water port being [...]
Afghanistan’s Rare Earth Element Bonanza
Via The American, a report on Afghanistan’s After more than a decade of war and nation building, members of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan are heading for the [...]
Terrorism, Petrol And International Competition: Turkey In Somalia
Via The Eurasia Review, an interesting article on Turkey’s interest in Somalia: At the start of the month the Turkish Embassy in Mogadishu was the target of a suicide car-bombing. A Turkish [...]

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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.