China’s Growing Partnership With Myanmar
Courtesy of a recent New York Times’ op-ed and a Financial Times report, we have a chance to peek into Myanmar’s economic position in Asia & China’s increasing involvement in [...]
Genghis (Khan) Choose: Russia or China?
Via Stratfor (subscription required), an interesting analysis of Mongolia’s regional status and the ongoing struggle between Russia and China to lure the resource-rich country closer into a [...]
China & India: The ‘Siege’ of Africa
Via Forbes India, a report on the “siege” of Africa by China and India.  As the article notes, the two countries have adopted two different strategies to engage Africa: one is trying to [...]
National Oil Companies: States In Play?
Via Foreign Policy, an interesting short review of national oil companies and the “haves/have-nots” therein.  As the report notes: “Big oil,” as Daniel Yergin notes, [...]
Post-War Sri Lanka: Poised For Growth?
Via Lanka Journal, an interesting look at the economic/investment prospects of a post-war Sri Lanka.  As the article notes: “…IN SRI LANKA, THE INVESTMENT AXIOM that the best time to [...]
New Sister Secrets: In Depth Analysis of Pemex, PDVSA, and Petrobras
Via The Oil & Gas Journal, an in-depth comparison of Mexico’s Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex), Venezuela’s Petroleos de Venezuela SA (PDVSA), and Brazil’s Petroleo Brasileiro SA (Petrobras), [...]

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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.