Unleashing Indonesia’s Economic Potential
Via McKinsey Quarterly, an interesting look at Indonesia’s economic growth potential: Most international businesses and investors know that modern Indonesia boasts a substantial population and [...]
Mexico: 5% Growth?
Via The Financial Times, an article looking at the economic growth potential for Mexico in 2012: Mexico could conclude the year with economic growth of as much as 5 percent, Gerardo Rodríguez, the [...]
Iran: A Nation Under Sanctions
Via Time, an interesting look at Iran: On Tehran’s western outskirts is Iran’s first and only wholesale supermarket–a kind of Persian Walmart-Costco hybrid. Women push giant carts [...]
The Sino Indian Vietnamese Triangle: Old Grudges, Hydrocarbons, And Geopolitical Gamesmanship
Via Energy Tribune, a very interesting two-part series examining the complicated history of the relationships between India, China, and Vietnam, especially as they revolve around oil & gas [...]
Zimbabwe: A Baffling Billion Dollar Bailout Bet
Courtesy of the Financial Times, a look at Zimbabwe’s latest efforts to use financial engineering to escape its fundamental monetary problems: Since dollarisation in 2009, policymakers in [...]
Brazil: Multinationals Shift Focus in Response to Slow Down
Via Emerging Markets Insight, some commentary on Brazil Brazil has been a cause of concern for multinationals as of late, with credit-fueled consumer spending and GDP growth both trending downwards [...]

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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.