Myanmar: Will Asia’s Breadbasket Rise Again?
Via The Financial Times, a report on Myanmar’s agribusiness potential: To the lengthening list of foreign companies beating a path to Myanmar, add at least two more: Wilmar, one of Asia’s [...]
Vietnam’s Economy: Sabotaged From Within
Via The Diplomat, a look at Vietnam’s economic woes: Last year saw a number of Vietnamese state-owned enterprise officials being arrested for economic crimes or “irregularities” at the [...]
Security Fears Dim Benghazi’s Dream Of Economic Revival
Via the Globe & Mail, an interesting article on Benghazi: At a construction site on Benghazi’s waterfront, engineer Seraj Bushada proudly points to a giant hole in the ground that will make way [...]
South Sudan Signs Oil Deal With Israel
Via Energy Daily, a report that South Sudan has signed an oil deal with Israel: South Sudan says it has signed an agreement with several Israeli oil companies, a potentially significant strategic [...]
Frontier Markets And The New Global Economy
Via Mastercard, an interesting report on frontier markets: The frontiers of civilization as traditionally characterized – like the Wild West or Arctic poles – occupy a position not unlike that of [...]
Yemen – Terrorist Haven, Rising Petro-State?
Via Oil Price, an interesting look at Yemen: Yemen is Arabia’s neglected corner, with Saudi Arabia garnering the lion’s share of media coverage. But the impoverished nation of 24 million people [...]

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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.