Libya After Gaddafi
Via Eurasia Review, a detailed look at Libya: Libya is a country located in Northern Africa that borders the Mediterranean Sea. Until the 1950s, it was regarded as another poor African state, but the [...]
A New Oil Dispute Between South Sudan And Sudan
Courtesy of STRATFOR (subscription required), a report on the latest dispute between South Sudan and Sudan: South Sudanese President Salva Kiir Mayardit. (SIMON MAINA/AFP/Getty Images) Summary As [...]
Angola: “A Sea Of Opportunities But An Ocean Of Difficulties”
Via Emerging Markets Insights, a look at Angola: I have already discovered this on my first day of touching ground in Luanda. Even though I knew Angola’s capital is famously the most expensive city [...]
Opportunities And Challenges In Central Asia
Courtesy of Emerging Markets Insights, an interesting look at Central Asia: Turkmenistan: A closed, state-controlled economy undermines potential opportunities for investment in the market. Oil and [...]
Need For Provincial Segmentation When Focusing On ASEAN
Courtesy of Emerging Markets Insights, an interesting report on the need for provincial-level segmentation when developing an ASEAN strategy: 1. Country-Level Analysis Not Enough: a. As the region [...]
James Passin: The American Who Bought Mongolia
Via Bloomberg BusinessWeek, an interesting look at Mongolia: The Mongolian Stock Exchange occupies a single room inside a gray building that once housed a children’s movie theater, just off [...]

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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.