Bernard Hickey | interest.co.nz

About

Bernard is back as a senior contributor on interest.co.nz. Until September 30, 2012 he was the managing editor here. He had previously worked for 18 years for Reuters, the FT Group and Fairfax as a financial journalist and editor. He is now the publisher of The Kaka.

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15 years 7 months

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90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ

90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ: Failure to agree on Eurozone bonds disappoints; Stock markets flat to weak; NZ$ firm near 84 USc; Dunlop plant to close

18th Aug 11, 9:01am

by Bernard Hickey

90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ: Failure to agree on Eurozone bonds disappoints; Stock markets flat to weak; NZ$ firm near 84 USc; Dunlop plant to close

Wednesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint

Wednesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: Roubini asks: Is Capitalism doomed?; Colin Meads promotes carbon credits scheme; China's growth S curve; Rick Perry vs Ben Bernanke; Dilbert

17th Aug 11, 10:38am

by Bernard Hickey

Wednesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: Roubini asks: Is Capitalism doomed?; Colin Meads promotes carbon credits scheme; China's growth S curve; Rick Perry vs Ben Bernanke; Dilbert

90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ

90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ: Merkel and Sarkozy fail to deliver Eurobond hopes and instead eye financial transactions tax; Dow down; NZ$ firm after solid Fonterra auction

17th Aug 11, 8:57am

by Bernard Hickey

90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ: Merkel and Sarkozy fail to deliver Eurobond hopes and instead eye financial transactions tax; Dow down; NZ$ firm after solid Fonterra auction

'How globalism now cuts both ways'

Opinion: What the Adidas backlash says about how consumers can reclaim profits from multi-national capitalists

16th Aug 11, 6:38pm

by Bernard Hickey

Opinion: What the Adidas backlash says about how consumers can reclaim profits from multi-national capitalists

Tuesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint

Tuesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: 'ECB money printing is Europe's last hope'; Warren Buffett's 17.4% tax rate; Bernie Madoff's wife dumps him; Dilbert

16th Aug 11, 9:46am

by Bernard Hickey

Tuesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: 'ECB money printing is Europe's last hope'; Warren Buffett's 17.4% tax rate; Bernie Madoff's wife dumps him; Dilbert

90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ

90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ: Dairy farms may have to dump milk; Google buying Motorola Mobility; US stocks up 2%; Japanese GDP falls less than expected

16th Aug 11, 8:48am

by Bernard Hickey

90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ: Dairy farms may have to dump milk; Google buying Motorola Mobility; US stocks up 2%; Japanese GDP falls less than expected

Farmers confident can cope with snow

Federated Farmers says snow unlikely to cause major stock losses given plenty of warning

15th Aug 11, 2:11pm

by Bernard Hickey

Federated Farmers says snow unlikely to cause major stock losses given plenty of warning

'Let's stop pensioners spending on 'bads' too'

Opinion: Bernard Hickey likes the idea of 'payment cards' for teen beneficiaries so much he wants it extended to pensioners

15th Aug 11, 11:38am

by Bernard Hickey

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Opinion: Bernard Hickey likes the idea of 'payment cards' for teen beneficiaries so much he wants it extended to pensioners

Monday's Top 10 with NZ Mint

Monday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: Swiss and Japanese fire broadsides in Currency wars; Tom Friedman's theory of everything; Why money printing enriches the rich; Dilbert

15th Aug 11, 10:03am

by Bernard Hickey

Monday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: Swiss and Japanese fire broadsides in Currency wars; Tom Friedman's theory of everything; Why money printing enriches the rich; Dilbert

90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ

90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ: Dow and European stocks stronger after short-selling ban; NZ$ over 83 USc; Italy announces austerity budget

15th Aug 11, 8:47am

by Bernard Hickey

90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ: Dow and European stocks stronger after short-selling ban; NZ$ over 83 USc; Italy announces austerity budget

'Why hoarding kills the economy'

Opinion: Bernard Hickey argues hoarding of assets by the increasingly wealthy rich is strangling the global economic recovery

14th Aug 11, 12:40pm

by Bernard Hickey

Opinion: Bernard Hickey argues hoarding of assets by the increasingly wealthy rich is strangling the global economic recovery

Dan Bell's weekly currencies outlook

Double Shot Interview: HiFX's Dan Bell reviews the week's currencies turmoil; US downgrade; Fed's rates pledge; Swiss peg talk; Yuan's move up

12th Aug 11, 7:39pm

by Bernard Hickey

Double Shot Interview: HiFX's Dan Bell reviews the week's currencies turmoil; US downgrade; Fed's rates pledge; Swiss peg talk; Yuan's move up

Friday's Top 10 at 10 with NZ Mint

Friday's Top 10 at 10 with NZ Mint: 'Debt is a snare and a delusion'; 'Corporations are people too'; China's lender's remorse; The British hypocrisy; Clarke and Dawe on the good ship QE III; Dilbert

12th Aug 11, 6:54pm

by Bernard Hickey

Friday's Top 10 at 10 with NZ Mint: 'Debt is a snare and a delusion'; 'Corporations are people too'; China's lender's remorse; The British hypocrisy; Clarke and Dawe on the good ship QE III; Dilbert

Bipolar Dow and Euro stocks jump

90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ: Dow and Euro stocks end up sharply on US jobs data, talk of European short selling ban; NZ$ over 83 USc

12th Aug 11, 8:20am

by Bernard Hickey

90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ: Dow and Euro stocks end up sharply on US jobs data, talk of European short selling ban; NZ$ over 83 USc

KiwiSaver funds flow up 12% in 10/11

KiwiSaver funds flow in year to end of June up 12% to NZ$2.6 bln; helping to more than double total funds flow for year

11th Aug 11, 8:16pm

by Bernard Hickey

KiwiSaver funds flow in year to end of June up 12% to NZ$2.6 bln; helping to more than double total funds flow for year

House prices to rise 12% - Infometrics

Infometrics forecasts 12% rise in house prices over next three years because of low interest rates and housing shortages; Auckland prices to rise 16%, it says

11th Aug 11, 7:45pm

by Bernard Hickey

Infometrics forecasts 12% rise in house prices over next three years because of low interest rates and housing shortages; Auckland prices to rise 16%, it says

Thursday's Top 10 with NZ Mint

Thursday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: The history of debt jubilees and bans on usury; 'If Italy goes God help us all'; Budget austerity and riots go hand in hand; Dilbert

11th Aug 11, 5:25pm

by Bernard Hickey

Thursday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: The history of debt jubilees and bans on usury; 'If Italy goes God help us all'; Budget austerity and riots go hand in hand; Dilbert

Monthly Gold and Silver roundup

Double Shot Interview: NZ Mint's Mike O'Kane reviews gold's rise to record highs and its divergence from silver; suggests lead for bullets

11th Aug 11, 2:06pm

by Bernard Hickey

Double Shot Interview: NZ Mint's Mike O'Kane reviews gold's rise to record highs and its divergence from silver; suggests lead for bullets

House prices, sales fall in July

REINZ figures show median house price falls 4.2% and sales volumes fall 5.8% in July from June; REINZ cites 'mid-winter breather'

11th Aug 11, 11:02am

by Bernard Hickey

REINZ figures show median house price falls 4.2% and sales volumes fall 5.8% in July from June; REINZ cites 'mid-winter breather'

Dow slumps again on European fear

90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ: Dow falls 520 pts (4.6%) on fear European debt crisis spreading to French, US banks; NZ$ falls 3 USc in 7 hours

11th Aug 11, 8:20am

by Bernard Hickey

90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ: Dow falls 520 pts (4.6%) on fear European debt crisis spreading to French, US banks; NZ$ falls 3 USc in 7 hours

Wednesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint

Wednesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: Dylan Ratigan's epic rant against America's plutocracy; The Fed's expensive bridge to nowhere; Why China won't save us this time; Dilbert

10th Aug 11, 2:54pm

by Bernard Hickey

Wednesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: Dylan Ratigan's epic rant against America's plutocracy; The Fed's expensive bridge to nowhere; Why China won't save us this time; Dilbert

90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ

90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ: Fed pledges to keep rates at 0% til mid 2013, but no mention of QE III; Dow up 4%; NZ$ jumps to 83.7 USc

10th Aug 11, 7:43am

by Bernard Hickey

90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ: Fed pledges to keep rates at 0% til mid 2013, but no mention of QE III; Dow up 4%; NZ$ jumps to 83.7 USc

Kiwibank cuts 1 yr mortgage to 5.65%

Kiwibank cuts one year fixed mortgage rate to 5.65% from 5.80% and says this 'special offer' is open until end of August

9th Aug 11, 5:43pm

by Bernard Hickey

Kiwibank cuts one year fixed mortgage rate to 5.65% from 5.80% and says this 'special offer' is open until end of August

Tuesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint

Tuesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: Map of London burning; The 2nd Great Contraction; 'Stop the banks lending to governments'; London riot videos; Cartoons galore; Dilbert

9th Aug 11, 12:37pm

by Bernard Hickey

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Tuesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: Map of London burning; The 2nd Great Contraction; 'Stop the banks lending to governments'; London riot videos; Cartoons galore; Dilbert

90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ

90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ: S&P 500 down 6.6%, Dow falls 634 pts as panic grips global markets after US credit rating downgrade

9th Aug 11, 7:49am

by Bernard Hickey

90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ: S&P 500 down 6.6%, Dow falls 634 pts as panic grips global markets after US credit rating downgrade