A Looming Showdown Over Iraqi Kurdish Oil
Courtesy of STRATFOR (subscription required), a detailed analysis of another showdown that is building between the Kurdistan Regional Government and the government of Iraq over oil exports, only this [...]
Myanmar: Unique Opportunities, Major Challenges
Via McKinsey, a summary of a new report on Myanmar: Myanmar is a highly unusual but promising prospect for businesses and investors—an underdeveloped economy with many advantages, in the heart of [...]
Philippines Defies Asia Slowdown With Best Growth Since 2010
Via Bloomberg, a report on the Philippine’s economic growth: Philippine growth unexpectedly accelerated to the fastest pace in almost three years, defying a regional slowdown as President [...]
The Next Possible African Petro-State: Namibia?
Courtesy of OilPrice.com, an interesting look at Namibia petro potential: Africa’s fabled mineral riches have excited foreign imaginations for centuries. When in 1324, Mali’s king Mansa Musa, who [...]
The Colonel Arrives In Mongolia: KFC In Ulaanbaatar
Via Huffington Post, a report on American fast food’s arrival to Mongolia: Mongolia, a land once synonymous with isolation and rural hardship, is at the beginning of a transformation. Newly [...]
Nepal: From Buffer to Bridge For China
Via Eurasia Review, an article on China’s vision for Nepal: Given its strategic location, Nepal is of immense importance to both India and China. On the north it is surrounded by China (TAR) [...]

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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.