Obstacles To Foreign Investment In Myanmar
Courtesy of STRATFOR (subscription required), some analysis of potential challenges to foreign investment in Myanmar: Myanmar held parliamentary by-elections April 1, during which the country’s [...]
Central Asia: Pivot Region Of Global Geopolitics
Via Al Jazeera, some commentary on Central Asia: Dubbed as the “pivot region” of world politics, the five Central Asian nations of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and [...]
U.S. and China Press for Influence in Myanmar
Via The New York Times, a report on how the US and China are angling for influence in Myanmar: As Chinese workers in hard hats and red overalls bulldoze deep trenches into the orange soil across [...]
Colombia-Venezuela: Teaming up In Oil
Courtesy of The Financial Times, a report on recent initiatives between Colombia and Venezuela to team up in the oil sector: “Zero,” said Hugo Chávez firmly, when asked almost three years ago [...]
Myanmar’s Economic Future: South Korea Or Nigeria?
Via The Myanmar Times, a look at Myanmar’s economic future: AS Myanmar embarks on an unprecedented opening up of its economy to Western investors and multilateral and bilateral donor agencies, [...]
Myanmar: Follow The Money
Via The Diplomat, an interesting look at Myanmar’s currency reforms: Most Burma watchers will rightly have their eyes fixed on this Sunday’s much-anticipated by-elections and the prospect of [...]

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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.