The End Of Cheap China: Vietnam, Burma/Myanmar, Globalization, And The Next Big Thing
Via The China Law Blog, an interesting commentary on the impact of rising wages in China: One of the things that I love about my job is hearing about the next big thing. Most next big things never [...]
Capitalizing On Cambodia
Courtesy of Mark Mobius’ blog, an article on Cambodia’s economic progress and investment potential: My recent visit to the enchanting Cambodia can only be described as exciting. This [...]
Geopolitics Of Laos
Via The Myanmar Times, a report on Laos: CHINA and Vietnam are the twin planks that keep Laos afloat. Barely a month goes by without leadership delegations from Beijing and Hanoi descending on [...]
The New Axis Of Oil: Africa & South America
Via The Oil and the Glory, an interesting article on the new axis of oil — Africa and South America.  As the article notes: “…A key new travel route for oil executives is the south [...]
Oil Majors Eye Northern Iraq
Via Forbes, a report on northern Iraq oil opportunities: The Kurdish region of northern Iraq. Image via Wikipedia  The Zagros Foothills exploratory play in Kurdistan is the highest potential onshore [...]
Forget Asia: Look At Sao Tome, Guinea Bissau, Guinea Conakry, Gambia or Benin
Via The Economic Policy Journal, an interesting article on Africa’s investment potential.  As the report notes: Doug: Lobo, you were in Africa – the Congo – last time we talked. How did [...]

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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.