Iran: Not So Fast
Via The Economist, a look at how enthusiasm for post-sanctions Iran is being tempered by realism: ACROSS Europe, businessmen pack conference halls to discover how to unlock Iran’s vast potential [...]
Emerging Markets: Still The Future
Via Bloomberg, a look at emerging markets: Remember when emerging economies were supposed to save us all? After the 2008 financial crisis, the traditional engines of global growth—the U.S., Western [...]
Buzz Over Post-Sanctions Myanmar Fades for Many Investors
Via The Wall Street Journal, an article on how investors’ initial rush for opportunities in Myanmar have turned to disenchantment as political changes lag behind: Many people thought this would [...]
Venezuela’s Economic Crisis: By Pictures
Courtesy of STRATFOR (subscription required), interesting imagery analysis of Venezuela’s economic crisis: Satellite images of Puerto Cabello, Venezuela’s main port of entry for imported [...]
Papua New Guinea’s Ambitious National Telecoms Plan
Via LinkedIn, an interesting look at Papua New Guinea: Although rich in natural resources, Papua New Guinea is one of the world’s less developed countries. From low to high, its GDP per capita [...]
Can Mozambique Become The ‘Qatar Of Africa’?
Via The Fringe, a quick look at Mozambique’s LNG-fueled economic potential: Five years ago, the mining conglomerate Rio Tinto invested over US$ 3 billion into an enormous coal project 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.