Mexico: A False Dawn?
January 20th, 2013 Via Foreign Policy, a report on Mexico’s economic rise: Mexico begins the new year with unusual optimism. People here have new hope that the worst of the drug war has passed, and the economy [...]
World’s Middle Class: 5 Billion By 2030
January 15th, 2013 Via Quarz, an interesting look at the rise of the world’s middle class: Millions of newly affluent people in emerging economies are reshaping and resizing the global middle class. The world’s [...]
Investment Case For Africa
January 15th, 2013 Via How We Made It In Africa, some interesting analyst commentary on the investment case for Africa: Anthony, you’ve highlighted the investment case for Africa for several years. Why are you so [...]
Kenyan Oil: Hot And Getting Hotter?
January 15th, 2013 Via OilPrice.com, a look at why Kenya has become the hottest oil and gas venue in East Africa since big discoveries were made in the country’s virgin oilfields last April and if the country will be [...]
Ethiopia: Getting In On The Ground Floor
January 15th, 2013 Via Emerging Markets Insights, a report on Ethiopia: From Addis Ababa to Mekele, my latest trip to Ethiopia provided insights for the improving investment climate, in particular for consumer goods [...]
China’s “String Of Pearls” Strategy: Secure The Ports Of South Asia
January 15th, 2013 Via WorldCrunch, a look on China’s “String of Pearls” strategy to secure the ports of south Asia: In the port of Chittagong, containers pile up like colorful cubes of sugar. Dozens [...]

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WILDCATS AND BLACK SHEEP
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.