India: Common Consumer Market Pitfalls
Via Harvard Business Review, some thoughts about common misconceptions about India’s consumer market: Procter & Gamble’s India sales grew by over 21 percent in the second quarter of [...]
Government, Geography, And Growth: The True Drivers Of Economic Development
Via Foreign Affairs, an interesting article by Jeffrey Sachs on the true drivers of economic development: According to the economist Daron Acemoglu and the political scientist James Robinson, [...]
Angola Fund Set To Invest Oil Revenue In Businesses
Courtesy of the New York Times, a report on Angola’s recent decision to create a sovereign wealth fund: Angola’s government announced Wednesday the creation of a sovereign wealth fund that [...]
Fulfilling Myanmar’s Economic Promise
Via The Financial Times, a commentary on Myanmar: After years of international isolation, the government of Myanmar has a golden opportunity to create a fully-inclusive financial system. It should [...]
Evolution Of Latin America’s Economies
Via The Council on Foreign Relations, an interesting look at the growth of Latin America’s economies: I’ve been looking recently at the structural changes in many of Latin America’s [...]
Emerging Markets Consumers: A Look Ahead To 2050
Via The Financial Times, a look at emerging market consumers in 2050: The Philippines and Peru aren’t always the first names to crop up when it comes to analysing the brightest prospects in [...]

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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.