Ghana: Fast Money, Fast Growth
Via Ventures Africa, a detailed look at Ghana: The Economist once labelled Africa “The Hopeless Continent”. In a U-turn it then granted Africa the label – “Hopeful Continent”. Ghana is now [...]
China’s String Of Pearls
Courtesy of STRATFOR (subscription required), interesting analysis of China’s String of Pearls strategy: The New York Times recently reported that China apparently has agreed to take over the [...]
China, India, Indonesia, Vietnam, Bangladesh: Best Long-Term Growth Prospects
Via Maplecroft, a report on how China, India, Indonesia, Vietnam, and Bangladesh have best long-term growth prospects in the world: The economies of China, India, Indonesia, Viet Nam and Bangladesh [...]
Cuba: The Next Emerging Market?
Courtesy of Forbes, a report on Cuba On Dec. 11, Cuba authorized the formation of non-agricultural cooperatives. The latest in a series of small liberalizations, this measure could lead to the [...]
Iraq: Missing The Forest For The IEDs
Via Value Investing Letter, an interesting look at investing in Iraq: Introduction Euphrates Advisors manages the Euphrates Iraq Fund, which applies a contrarian, deep value approach to investing in [...]
Hot Money Heads To Bolivia
Via Foreign Policy Association, an interesting article on Bolivia: Were I looking to invest in sovereign fixed income, say to pay for a house or travel one day, Bolivia is probably not the first [...]

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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.