How the West Is Missing China’s Geopolitical Focus
Courtesy of The Oil and The Glory, an interesting article on how the West is wholly missing China’s geopolitical focus.  As the report notes: On a recent visit to China, Turkmenistan President [...]
The Oil Potential of Iraqi Kurdistan
Via The Oil Drum, a look at the oil potential of Iraqi Kurdistan: Whilst much of Iraq may be viewed as in a metastable social and political state, the semi autonomous northern region of Kurdistan has [...]
Latin America’s Economic Growth
Courtesy of Emerging Markets Insights, a look at Latin America’s economic growth: 2011 year-end growth figures and new forecasts for 2012 demonstrate continued, but slower, growth, and the [...]
China’s Economic Growth
Courtesy of Emerging Markets Insights, an update on China’s economic growth: Although exporters in places like Guangdong are beginning to feel the impact of rising volatility in the global [...]
Pioneering Frontier Markets
Via Mark Mobius’ blog, interesting commentary on their view that frontier markets overall are an area now where emerging markets used to be 20 or so years ago.  As the article notes: While [...]
What Currency Devaluation in Iran Means for Business
Courtesy of Emerging Markets Insight, a look at what Iran’s currency devaluation may mean for business there: While political instability dominated headlines in the Middle East, the Iranian [...]

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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.