Importing Americana To The Mideast
Via Fortune Magazine, an interesting report on how M.H. Alshaya is transforming mall culture in the Gulf region with lattes, milk shakes, and cheesecakes: A Pinkberry yogurt shop at the Mall of the [...]
Mexico: Back In The Game
Via The New York Times, an op-ed on Mexico’s re-emergence as global economic power: IN India, people ask you about China, and, in China, people ask you about India: Which country will become [...]
KFC: Taking On Mongolia’s Barbeque?
Via The Financial Times, a look at KFC’s efforts to enter the Mongolian market: Mongolia is following the footsteps of its largest trading partner, China, whose first western food chain in 1987 [...]
Pakistan’s Energy Savior: Iran
Courtesy of The Diplomat, a report on Pakistan’s energy ties with Iran: Pakistan’s President Asif Ali Zardari arrives in Iran today to sign a series of economic agreements, including one that [...]
ASEAN: The New BRICs?
Via Asia Sentinel, an interesting article on ASEAN’s quick growth: For 15 years, since the Asian Financial Crisis of 1997 and 1998, the young tigers of Southeast Asia have been looked upon with [...]
Africa: Could Offer Big Rewards To Brave Investors
Via The Telegraph, an article on the investment potential of Africa: Africa has long been trailed as the ultimate long-term, speculative investment. As the troubled continent finally fixes its [...]

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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.