China’s Obstacles to Investing in Mongolian Mining
Courtesy of STRATFOR (subscription required), a report on China’s challenges to establishing large scale mining projects in Mongolia: A coal mine in China’s Inner Mongolia province in [...]
Vietnam: From Economic Tiger To Pussycat?
Via Newsweek, a report on how Vietnam’s promising economy got off track: Almost exactly two years ago this week, Christine Gregoire, the governor of the U.S. state of Washington, was in Vietnam [...]
BRICS: Really The Future Of The Global Economy?
Via Foreign Policy, a report on the BRICS: “The BRICS Are in a Class by Themselves.” Yes and no. There is no question that the BRICS — Brazil, Russia, India, China, and the [...]
IMF: Cambodia Among Fastest-Growing Economies In 5 Years
Via Asia News Network, a look at Cambodia’s expected economic growth: Cambodia is projected to be one of the fastest growing developing economies in the Asia-Pacific region over the next five [...]
Indian Retail: Clicks Over Bricks?
Via Project Syndicate, some commentary on the evolving Indian’s retail environment: After years of debate, India’s government recently announced that will open the country’s retail sector [...]
Venezuela: The Implications of Possible Regime Change
Courtesy of STRATFOR, a look at how a potential change in leadership could transform Venezuela and its regional role, possibly to the extent that Cuba could seek reconciliation with the United [...]

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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.