Laos
May 21st, 2011 Via Agence-France Presse, an interesting article on Chinese investment in Laos.  As the report notes: The language is Chinese, change is given in yuan and the time is set for Beijing — but the [...]
Pakistan Woos Russian Energy Giant
May 19th, 2011 Via Pakistan’s Tribune, an update on Pakistan’s courtship of Gazprom.  As the article notes: “…Pakistan will make an offer to Russian energy giant Gazprom, the largest [...]
A New Horde Of Invaders In The Land of Genghis Khan
May 19th, 2011 Via The Independent, a report on the potential of Mongolia’s mining boom: Edward Rochette, a hard-bitten American lawyer and a veteran of mineral exploration in 56 countries, pulls up a stool [...]
CIVETS 60
May 7th, 2011 Courtesy of The Financial Times, an article on the new  S&P CIVETS 60 – a tradeable index of 50 stocks from the next-generation EMs of Colombia, Indonesia, Vietnam, Egypt, Turkey and South [...]
Has Africa’s Time Come?
May 7th, 2011 Via The Financial Times, details of a new report from Ernst & Young on Africa’s investment potential: “As executives and politicians descend on Cape Town for Africa’s World Economic [...]
Mongolia: Riskier Than Belarus?
May 4th, 2011 Courtesy of The Financial Times, an article on Moody’s risk profile of Mongolia: Mongolia may be the darling of the mining world and a hotspot for investors in developing Asian economies. [...]

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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.