Forget the BRICs. Invest In The TIPTPSNC
Via Quartz, an interesting look at the next “wave” of emerging markets: A new phase of emerging market investing, “The Third Coming,” is now truly upon us. The first was a dizzying [...]
Most Promising Growth Markets For Next 20 Years
Courtesy of Maplecroft, a report on 30 growth markets with the most promising prospects over the next two decades: Maplecroft’s new Growth Markets Index (GMI), which evaluates the economic [...]
Egypt’s Economy: The Downside to Growth
Via Foreign Policy, a look at Egypt’s economic challenges: The Egyptian republic’s economic course has been problematic, to say the least. Gamal Abdul Nasser’s experiment with [...]
Libya Announces New National Oil Company
Via Eurasia Review, a report that Libya is planning the separation of its national oil corporation’s exploration and refining arms.  As the article notes: Libyan Minister of Oil Abdulbari [...]
China In Afghanistan: A Tale Of Two Mines
Courtesy of The Financial Times, a look at China’s activities in Afghanistan: Facing a heavy domestic agenda and growing foreign policy tensions in the seas to the east, it is unlikely that [...]
India’s African Safari
Via The Diplomat, an interesting look at India’s engagement with Africa: India’s engagement with Africa has grown remarkably over the past decade. Trade with Africa jumped from U.S. $3 [...]

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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.