Myanmar: Asia’s Next ‘Economic Frontier’?
Via Maplecroft, two articles on Myanmar.  The first looks at key developments in Myanmar’s recent liberalization: Recent political developments have pushed Myanmar to the centre of 2012’s [...]
Weak ‘Rule Of Law’ in Myanmar, S Sudan, Turkmenistan, Libya, Angola, and Iraq Poses Significant Risks
Via Maplecroft, a report on how weak ‘rule of law’ in Myanmar, S Sudan, Turkmenistan, Libya, Angola and Iraq poses significant risk to oil and gas firms: The oil and gas rich nations of Myanmar, [...]
Brazil: Realizing “Ordem e Progresso”
Via Mark Mobius’ blog, a detailed look at Brazil: My worldwide pursuit of good investing bargains takes me to some magnificent countries. In my view, Brazil is certainly among the most [...]
Report: Saudi Arabia Most Risky of Emerging Economies
Via Bloomberg, a report that a consultancy has selected Saudi Arabia as the most uncertain of the major global growth economies.  As the article notes: “…Saudi Arabia, the world’s [...]
Latin American Economic Performance
Courtesy of Emerging Markets Insight, an updated look at Latin American economic performance: Latin America continues to look strong as 2012 gets rolling. Brazil’s growth remains subdued, but [...]
Don’t Cry For Me: Argentina Clobbers ‘Big Oil’
Via The Financial Times, a report on the Argentinian government’s decision to scrap an incentives plan to encourage big oil companies to produce and refine more.  As the article notes: As [...]

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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.