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Bernard Hickey

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 6 months

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90 seconds at 9 am: NZ$ near 84 USc
90 seconds at 9 am: NZ$ hits 9 mth high of 83.9 USc as house prices jump; NZ$ nears 80 Ac as Aussie confidence slumps; US stocks up on fiscal cliff hope, firmer German confidence
12th Dec 12, 8:58am
by Bernard Hickey
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90 seconds at 9 am: NZ$ hits 9 mth high of 83.9 USc as house prices jump; NZ$ nears 80 Ac as Aussie confidence slumps; US stocks up on fiscal cliff hope, firmer German confidence
Tuesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint
Tuesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: The end of middle class growth; Chinese Ponzi schemes emerging; How Google used the Double Irish and Dutch sandwich to pay 3.2% of profit as tax; Dilbert
11th Dec 12, 10:10am
by Bernard Hickey
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Tuesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: The end of middle class growth; Chinese Ponzi schemes emerging; How Google used the Double Irish and Dutch sandwich to pay 3.2% of profit as tax; Dilbert
Crucified on a cross of gold
Bernard Hickey says all low inflation did was encourage deregulation, spark an explosion of debt and unleash floods of hot money. He says it is time to abandon the "magical powers". Do you agree?
9th Dec 12, 10:02am
by Bernard Hickey
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Bernard Hickey says all low inflation did was encourage deregulation, spark an explosion of debt and unleash floods of hot money. He says it is time to abandon the "magical powers". Do you agree?
Friday's Top 10 with NZ Mint
Friday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: Innovation crisis or deleveraging crisis? Or maybe it's both? Fine not-so-young corporate cannibals; How a Ferrari crash changed China's leadership succession; Mr Burns and the fiscal cliff; Clarke and Dawe;
7th Dec 12, 11:58am
by Bernard Hickey
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Friday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: Innovation crisis or deleveraging crisis? Or maybe it's both? Fine not-so-young corporate cannibals; How a Ferrari crash changed China's leadership succession; Mr Burns and the fiscal cliff; Clarke and Dawe;
90 seconds at 9 am: NZ$ spikes
90 seconds at 9 am: NZ$ spikes to just below post-float high on TWI basis after euro slides and markets interpret RBNZ MPS as hawkish and future OCR cuts less likely
7th Dec 12, 9:01am
by Bernard Hickey
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90 seconds at 9 am: NZ$ spikes to just below post-float high on TWI basis after euro slides and markets interpret RBNZ MPS as hawkish and future OCR cuts less likely
What matters from the RBNZ's MPS
Bernard Hickey details the top 10 things he learned from the Reserve Bank's Monetary Policy Statement and picks out 5 key charts
6th Dec 12, 12:59pm
by Bernard Hickey
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Bernard Hickey details the top 10 things he learned from the Reserve Bank's Monetary Policy Statement and picks out 5 key charts
When is a housing market too hot?
Opinion: Bernard Hickey finds the Reserve Bank remarkably relaxed about the Auckland house price boom. Too relaxed? And why no LVRs?
6th Dec 12, 9:12am
by Bernard Hickey
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Opinion: Bernard Hickey finds the Reserve Bank remarkably relaxed about the Auckland house price boom. Too relaxed? And why no LVRs?
Wednesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint
Wednesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: Britain rows back from PPPs; 'Eventually we all have to have our moment'; China's 'Mistress-Industrial complex'; How nano-trading hurts regular investors; Dilbert
5th Dec 12, 11:58am
by Bernard Hickey
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Wednesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: Britain rows back from PPPs; 'Eventually we all have to have our moment'; China's 'Mistress-Industrial complex'; How nano-trading hurts regular investors; Dilbert
90 seconds at 9 am: Cliff stalemate
90 seconds at 9 am: Obama rejects Republican plan to fix fiscal cliff, saying it must include higher taxes for the top 2%; NZ$ solid ahead of RBNZ decision; Milk powder price drops
5th Dec 12, 9:01am
by Bernard Hickey
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90 seconds at 9 am: Obama rejects Republican plan to fix fiscal cliff, saying it must include higher taxes for the top 2%; NZ$ solid ahead of RBNZ decision; Milk powder price drops
Tuesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint
Tuesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: Why not cut the retirement age to boost the economy?; Southern Europe's internal devaluation may have to cut wages 50%; IMF drops opposition to capital controls; Dilbert
4th Dec 12, 3:54pm
by Bernard Hickey
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Tuesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: Why not cut the retirement age to boost the economy?; Southern Europe's internal devaluation may have to cut wages 50%; IMF drops opposition to capital controls; Dilbert
90 seconds at 9 am: US factory slump
90 seconds at 9 am: US stocks down after US factories contracted in November on nagging fiscal cliff fears; NZIER board sees OCR on hold; Markets expect RBA cut today
4th Dec 12, 9:01am
by Bernard Hickey
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90 seconds at 9 am: US stocks down after US factories contracted in November on nagging fiscal cliff fears; NZIER board sees OCR on hold; Markets expect RBA cut today
Engine rebuild required
Bernard Hickey doubts economies will recover properly unless they undertake a significant 'rebuild'; going back to the way we were before the GFC just invites another meltdown. Do you agree?
2nd Dec 12, 10:00am
by Bernard Hickey
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Bernard Hickey doubts economies will recover properly unless they undertake a significant 'rebuild'; going back to the way we were before the GFC just invites another meltdown. Do you agree?
Friday's Top 10 with NZ Mint
Friday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: How some plutocrats call charitable donations 'self taxation'; 'Tax shouldn't just be for little people'; Japan set for unlimited money printing too; Clarke and Dawe
30th Nov 12, 3:23pm
by Bernard Hickey
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Friday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: How some plutocrats call charitable donations 'self taxation'; 'Tax shouldn't just be for little people'; Japan set for unlimited money printing too; Clarke and Dawe
Fonterra up 25% in NZX debut
Fonterra Shareholder's Fund units debut at NZ$6.66, up 21% from NZ$5.50 float price on strong demand; close up 25% at NZ$6.85
30th Nov 12, 12:11pm
by Bernard Hickey
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Fonterra Shareholder's Fund units debut at NZ$6.66, up 21% from NZ$5.50 float price on strong demand; close up 25% at NZ$6.85
Thursday's Top 10 with NZ Mint
Thursday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: How 'Mom and Pop' investors are abandoning the US stock market; 'You don't say no to a princeling'; The death of a Supergrass in Surrey; Dilbert
29th Nov 12, 11:57am
by Bernard Hickey
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Thursday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: How 'Mom and Pop' investors are abandoning the US stock market; 'You don't say no to a princeling'; The death of a Supergrass in Surrey; Dilbert
90 seconds at 9 am: Induced coma
90 seconds at 9 am: US stocks firmer on hope for fiscal cliff deal on Boehner comments; NZ$ firm; Market volatility low as printed cash sloshes around; NZ wholesale interest rates fall
29th Nov 12, 9:01am
by Bernard Hickey
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90 seconds at 9 am: US stocks firmer on hope for fiscal cliff deal on Boehner comments; NZ$ firm; Market volatility low as printed cash sloshes around; NZ wholesale interest rates fall
Wednesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint
Wednesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: China's finance company-like shadow banks struggling; Greece's non-solution; America's rolling debt trainwreck; Jon Stewart and a turkey; Dilbert
28th Nov 12, 1:21pm
by Bernard Hickey
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Wednesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: China's finance company-like shadow banks struggling; Greece's non-solution; America's rolling debt trainwreck; Jon Stewart and a turkey; Dilbert
Tuesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint
Tuesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: 'Chinese property investors shutting out young Kiwis in Auckland'; 'On the road to zero growth'; Hong Kong's birth rate slumps as housing affordability worsens; Dilbert
27th Nov 12, 11:51am
by Bernard Hickey
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Tuesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: 'Chinese property investors shutting out young Kiwis in Auckland'; 'On the road to zero growth'; Hong Kong's birth rate slumps as housing affordability worsens; Dilbert
90 seconds at 9 am:Cliff dancing
90 seconds at 9 am: US stocks down as Fiscal Cliff countdown begins without solution near; Greek talks drag on; Quake strengthening could cost NZ$100 bln; Canada's Carney new Bank of England Governor
27th Nov 12, 9:01am
by Bernard Hickey
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90 seconds at 9 am: US stocks down as Fiscal Cliff countdown begins without solution near; Greek talks drag on; Quake strengthening could cost NZ$100 bln; Canada's Carney new Bank of England Governor
What I should be doing
Bernard Hickey does the numbers on investing in residential rental property, and is amazed at the 'sure thing' returns on offer, especially in Auckland
25th Nov 12, 10:01am
by Bernard Hickey
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Bernard Hickey does the numbers on investing in residential rental property, and is amazed at the 'sure thing' returns on offer, especially in Auckland
Roost Home Loan Affordability Report for Oct
Roost Home Loan Affordability Report shows worsening in Oct as median house price jumps to record high and fixed mortgage rates drop just slightly
23rd Nov 12, 4:54pm
by Bernard Hickey
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Roost Home Loan Affordability Report shows worsening in Oct as median house price jumps to record high and fixed mortgage rates drop just slightly
Friday's Top 10 with NZ Mint
Friday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: How to reduce inequality and grow the economy; The Farmergeddon hysteria in the Manawatu; Christchurch vs Wellington over an arts centre; Clarke and Dawe
23rd Nov 12, 1:38pm
by Bernard Hickey
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Friday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: How to reduce inequality and grow the economy; The Farmergeddon hysteria in the Manawatu; Christchurch vs Wellington over an arts centre; Clarke and Dawe
90 seconds at 9 am: Chinese rebound?
90 seconds at 9 am: Chinese factory output expands for first time in 13 mths; European and Asian stocks up; US on Thanksgiving holiday; NZ$ up a tad
23rd Nov 12, 9:01am
by Bernard Hickey
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90 seconds at 9 am: Chinese factory output expands for first time in 13 mths; European and Asian stocks up; US on Thanksgiving holiday; NZ$ up a tad
Thursday's Top 10 with NZ Mint
Thursday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: Bringing the bankers out of the shadows; Chinese builder plans to build the world's tallest skyscraper in 90 days and call it Sky City; The morality of repaying unrepayable debt; Dilbert
22nd Nov 12, 12:30pm
by Bernard Hickey
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Thursday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: Bringing the bankers out of the shadows; Chinese builder plans to build the world's tallest skyscraper in 90 days and call it Sky City; The morality of repaying unrepayable debt; Dilbert
90 seconds at 9 am: Eurofailure
90 seconds at 9 am: Europe fails again to agree fresh Greek debt reduction deal; EU ministers also feud over new European budget; US stocks up after Gaza ceasefire
22nd Nov 12, 9:00am
by Bernard Hickey
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90 seconds at 9 am: Europe fails again to agree fresh Greek debt reduction deal; EU ministers also feud over new European budget; US stocks up after Gaza ceasefire