Myths And Realities Of The African Middle Class
Via Emerging Markets Insight, a report on the myths and realities of Africa’s middle class: In March 2007, long-serving Angolan President Jose Eduardo dos Santos formally opened a perfect [...]
The Rise Of The Multilatinas
Via The Financial Times, an interesting look at the rapid international expansion of companies from South America: Since 2000, the global economy has undergone a huge rebalancing towards the emerging [...]
Asian Economic Outlook: August 2011
Via Emerging Markets Insights, a monthly review of Asia’s economic outlook for the month: Regulatory changes in several countries are impacting the investment environment. In China, new [...]
Burma’s Currency Crisis
Courtesy of The Financial Times, a report on Burma’s rather surprising currency crisis: “…The kyat has appreciated by almost 25 per cent on the grey market over the past year, and the [...]
Pakistan: Big Market, Bigger Risk
Via Forbes, an interesting article on the potential of Pakistan’s nascent online economy: “…In the game of can-you-top-this entrepreneurial hardship–who slept the least, whose [...]
India: The Other BRIC in Latin America
Via the Americas Quarterly, an interesting look at the growing linkages between India and South America .   As the article notes: When trade relations between Argentina and China hit choppy waters [...]

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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.