Online Shopping Hits North Korea… Sort Of
Via CBS News, an interesting report on North Korea’s new online shopping system: Online shopping has arrived in North Korea, though it’s as isolated from the rest of the world as the [...]
Economic Upsides Of An Open Cuba
Via Time Magazine, a look at how Cuba could be the next frontier of global business: Taking Cuba off the list of nations that sponsor terrorism is the latest development that will attract foreign [...]
With China Pouring In Billions, Is Pakistan The New India?
Courtesy of Barron’s, two interesting looks at Pakistan in light of China’s announced $46B of investment in that country.  The first examines the potential impact of the investment on [...]
A Fiber-Optic Silk Road
Via The Diplomat, an interesting look at the cyberspace implications of China’s Silk Road initiative: Not even two years into what will be a ten-year tenure at China’s helm, Xi Jinping has [...]
Family Style Capitalism In Asia
Courtesy of The Economist, an interesting article on family-led companies in emerging Asian markets: THE BUSINESS CAPITAL of the Philippines is a part of Manila called Makati. But it might be called [...]
Three Reasons It’s Time For Angel Investors To Go Global
Via RENEW Strategies, a quick commentary on the promise of frontier markets: Times are changing – Markets around the world are opening up, technology is shrinking 3,000 miles to 30 miles, and [...]

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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.