The Great Rate Divide: Hikes In Frontier Markets Match Emerging Markets Cuts
Courtesy of The Financial Times, an interesting look at a number of frontier markets that raised their interest rates recently.  As the article notes: “…While Indonesia this week made [...]
Investing In North Korea
Two interesting articles on North Korea, perhaps the most enigmatic of all frontier markets.  The first, via Forbes, looks at potential early efforts to bring Coca-Cola to North Korea: Global [...]
Libyan Stock Market Catches The Eye Of Intrepid Frontier Market Investors
Courtesy of The Financial Times, an interesting article on the promise of Libya’s fledgling stock market in light of the recent changes in the country.  As the report notes: “Libya’s [...]
Turkmenistan: Home To The World’s Second-Largest Natural Gas Field
Via The Washington Post, a report that the Central Asian nation of Turkmenistan is sitting on top of the second-largest natural gas field in the world, according to figures unveiled by an independent [...]
Iran, Korea To Build Oil Pipeline
Via the PakObserver, a report that Iran and South Korea have signed a contract to construct a 1,680-kilometer pipeline to transport oil from the Caspian Sea in the north to the Sea of Oman in the [...]
Surging Economies, in Search of Surging Stocks
Courtesy of The New York Times, an interesting article on the resilience of emerging economies: “…IDEAS that come into vogue and fail to pan out may not be wrong, just early. Is [...]

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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.