Investment Risks In Myanmar
Courtesy of Asia News Network, an interesting article on potential investment risks in Myanmar: Despite tremendous interest in Myanmar following the lifting of sanctions, investors still face many [...]
Where the Next Wave of Urban Growth Will Come From
Courtesy of the Harvard Business Review, another look at a recent McKinsey study examining where the next wave of urban growth will come from: You are an executive responsible for unearthing the next [...]
A Mix of Hope and Fear as Mongolia Grows Rich
Via The New York Times, an interesting look at Mongolia: Howard Hodgson, a weather-beaten Australian drilling executive with the mouth of a sailor, is proud to say he is in it for the money. When he [...]
Myanmar: The Best Investment Opportunity In the World Right Now?
Via Jim Rogers’ blog, a quick look at Myanmar: Probably the best investment opportunity in the world right now is Myanmar. In 1962, Myanmar was the richest country in Asia. They closed off in [...]
Exxon’s Afghan Feint?
Via Foreign Policy’s Oil & Glory, an interesting commentary on Exxon Mobil’s Afghan initiative: Ultra-frontier business-making — the pursuit of work in the more dangerous, [...]
Urban World: Cities And The Rise Of The Consuming Class
Courtesy of McKinsey, a new report exploring the impact of urban cities around the world that will drive dramatic growth, demographic changes, and consumption over the next generation: Cities have [...]

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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.