How Capitalist Are The Cubans?
Via The New York Times, an interesting article on Cuba: IT was just a small sign, red, round and electrified, advertising homemade pizza — the kind of thing no one would notice in New York or Rome. [...]
Venezuela’s Topsy-Turvy Economy
Courtesy of The Financial Times, an interesting article on Venezuela’s economy: It has been pointed out before that Father Christmas and Hugo Chávez share a thing or two in common. [...]
Oil In Central Africa
Courtesy of Foreign Policy, an interesting look at the impact and opportunity related to oil in Central Africa: In recent years, international campaigns have highlighted the role that “conflict [...]
Myanmar: Best Unopened Market In The World?
Via The Daily Reckoning, a report on Myanmar: Archibald Colquhoun returned from a trip to Myanmar (Burma) enthusiastic about the opportunities in the country. He wrote a book about it all: Burma and [...]
Frontier Markets: The Next Big Deal…
Via India’s BusinessToday, a report on frontier markets: The latest Grant Thornton 2012 Global Private Equity Report says that India and China face serious competition from their South East [...]
Investing In Nigeria
Courtesy of The Financial Times, a look at Nigeria: With painful irony, oil-rich Nigeria is unable to supply its own population with electricity. The country ranked 178th of 185 economies on access [...]

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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.