India: Venezuela’s New Petro-Amigo
Via The Financial Times, an interesting look at the blossoming relationship between India and Venezuela: Venezuela’s gigantic oil reserves are coveted the world over – especially the Orinoco [...]
A Somali Spring?
Via Foreign Policy, a report on Somalia: After the twin suicide attacks that killed 14 people in Mogadishu last week and an assassination attempt on the president a little more than a week before [...]
What Can Myanmar Sell?
Courtesy of The Financial Times, a look at what Myanmar may export to help drive its economy: Myanmar used to be a major exporter of many products – from rice to clothing to its world-famous red [...]
Laos: Country Snapshot
Via Emerging Frontiers blog, a detailed look at Laos: Overview Laos has 6,586,266 people dispersed unevenly across a country that covers 236,800 sq km. The country borders Myanmar and China in the [...]
5 Reasons to Believe in the Indonesian Miracle
Courtesy of Foreign Policy, an interesting commentary on Indonesia’s economic potential and why it is on track to be the world’s seventh largest economy: When most people think of [...]
Frontier Markets: Extreme Investing?
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. [...]

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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.