MercadoLibre: Leading In Latin America
Via The Financial Times, a report on MercadoLibre, South America’s dominant ecommerce platform: Stelleo Tolda, chief operating officer of MercadoLibre, says he really didn’t think the company [...]
Pax-Sinica: Why The U.S. Should Hand Over Afghanistan And Central Asia To China
Via Foreign Policy’s Oil & Glory, a provocative piece on Afghanistan and China’s role therein: In northern Afghanistan, a potentially rich, U.S.-backed oil and gas tender is under way [...]
The Lure Of Frontier Markets
Via TodayOnline, an article on the growing appeal of frontier markets: With Europe sinking and the US economic recovery faltering, investors who want something more than 0.1-per-cent interest on [...]
Latin America Growth Forecasts
Via Emerging Markets Insight, a look at Latin America: Multinationals are taking note of the strength of the Andean economies of Colombia and Peru, but the increasingly negative outlook in Argentina [...]
North Korea’s Growing Trade Dependency on China: Mixed Strategic Implications
Via The Council on Foreign Relations, a report on the complex relationship between China and North Korea: North Korean workers nap on piles of fertilizer shipped from China on the banks of Yalu River [...]
Venezuela: Oil King?
Via Foreign Policy’s Oil & Glory blog, an interesting comment on Venezuela’s position in OPEC:  Is Saudi Arabia’s mere possession of much oil the central reason it is the most [...]

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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.