Frontier Markets: Extreme Investing?
September 21st, 2012 Courtesy of BusinessWeek, a report on frontier markets: Freetown, Sierra Leone As far as investing goes, the economic battlefronts of Europe, China, and the U.S. seem like the only concern. [...]
India Retail: A Tricky Sell
September 21st, 2012 Via The Financial Times, a look at India’s pending retail (r)evolution: Parts of India took to the streets (or at least shut their shops) on Thursday to protest the reforms the Indian [...]
Which Way Is Cuba Going?
September 21st, 2012 Via The New York Times, an interesting look at Cuba: On the plane, something odd but also vaguely magical-seeming happened: namely, nobody knew what time it was. Right before we landed, the flight [...]
Russian Energy In The Far East
September 19th, 2012 Via STRATFOR, an interesting report on Russia’s relationship with North Korea: Russia and North Korea have reached a settlement regarding North Korea’s $11 billion debt to Russia, Russian [...]
Burma’s Economy: A Second Look
September 18th, 2012 Courtesy of Foreign Policy, a look at Myanmar: “Burma is the next Asian Tiger.” Don’t bet on it. The economies of the Asian Tigers don’t look anything like Burma’s, [...]
India’s Retail Revolution: On Layaway?
September 18th, 2012 Via The Financial Times, a more sobering look at India’s recent retail laws: India’s rush of reforms last week drew praise for a government normally resistant to anything that might [...]

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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.