Mongolia: Steppe Change or Double Dutch?
Via The Financial Times, a report on Mongolia’s continued evolution and risk of “Dutch Disease”: “…Ulan Bator doesn’t have a McDonald’s, but it does have a Louis [...]
Dragon In The Desert
Via Reuters, a report on China’s deepening links between East Asia and the Middle East: “…A behemoth dragon-shaped shopping mall in the desert near Dubai has become a symbol of the [...]
China – Turkmen Energy Deal
Courtesy of STRATFOR (subscription required), interesting analysis of issues surrounding negotiations between Turkmenistan and China over an expanded natural gas supply and loan agreement. As the [...]
Turkmenistan: TAPI’ng CarefullyThrough A Strategic Tug Of War Between China, Russia, and The West
Via Foreign Policy, an article on the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India pipeline or TAPI, a 1,680 km (1,050 m) natural gas line originating in the Daulatabad gas fields in southeastern [...]
Cambodia: No Longer On The Frontier?
Via The Financial Times, an interesting article on Cambodia: “…For those who want a bit of exotica in their portfolio, the world of frontier markets is getting a little broader. Hot on [...]
Drilling Down Into Crude Hot Spots: The Potential For Unrest
Via The Globe and Mail, a look at oil producing regions around the world and the potential for unrest: “…Whether you produce the stuff, refine it, consume it or speculate in it, [...]

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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.