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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

Latest articles

Thousands get lower rates; what now?
Bernard Hickey says you should use the 'savings' from lower mortgage interest rates to repay your loan faster. Your view?
20th May 12, 11:05am
by Bernard Hickey
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Bernard Hickey says you should use the 'savings' from lower mortgage interest rates to repay your loan faster. Your view?
Friday's Top 10 with NZ Mint
Friday's Top 10 with NZ Mint:Markets expecting 'large scale intervention' to ward off 'Grexit' meltdown; 'Apocalypse fairly soon'; A 'Grexit would doom the euro'; Blue Men drum Donna Summer's 'I feel love'; Clarke and Dawe; Dilbert
18th May 12, 9:03pm
by Bernard Hickey
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Friday's Top 10 with NZ Mint:Markets expecting 'large scale intervention' to ward off 'Grexit' meltdown; 'Apocalypse fairly soon'; A 'Grexit would doom the euro'; Blue Men drum Donna Summer's 'I feel love'; Clarke and Dawe; Dilbert
90 seconds at 9 am: Flight to safety
90 seconds at 9 am: Wholesale flight to safety on global markets underway on fears about 'Grexit' and slowing US economy; Gold up AND US Treasury yields down; Spanish banks downgraded as depositors flee
18th May 12, 9:00am
by Bernard Hickey
40
90 seconds at 9 am: Wholesale flight to safety on global markets underway on fears about 'Grexit' and slowing US economy; Gold up AND US Treasury yields down; Spanish banks downgraded as depositors flee
Thursday's Top 10 with NZ Mint
Thursday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: NZ judged too easy on money launderers by EU; China's housing market in full reverse; Chinese state bank lending collapsed in April; 'Grexit' seen as 'unthinkable, apocalyptic, Armadeddon-like'; Dilbert
17th May 12, 7:46pm
by Bernard Hickey
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Thursday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: NZ judged too easy on money launderers by EU; China's housing market in full reverse; Chinese state bank lending collapsed in April; 'Grexit' seen as 'unthinkable, apocalyptic, Armadeddon-like'; Dilbert
90 seconds at 9 am: Greek banks cut off
90 seconds at 9 am: ECB cuts off cash to some insolvent Greek banks; US, European stocks down again; NZ$ at 76.2 USc; Beau Sancy diamond sells for twice reserve
17th May 12, 8:44am
by Bernard Hickey
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90 seconds at 9 am: ECB cuts off cash to some insolvent Greek banks; US, European stocks down again; NZ$ at 76.2 USc; Beau Sancy diamond sells for twice reserve
ASB says 'now's the time to fix'
ASB economists say floating mortgage rates unlikely to fall further; sees a 'window of opportunity' to fix with low fixed rates
16th May 12, 6:31pm
by Bernard Hickey
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ASB economists say floating mortgage rates unlikely to fall further; sees a 'window of opportunity' to fix with low fixed rates
Wednesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint
Wednesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: Der Spiegel argues for 'Grexit'; How Greece might default; China may have purged internal security boss Zhou Yongkang; How US, America (and NZ?) are turning Japanese; Dilbert
16th May 12, 3:53pm
by Bernard Hickey
16
Wednesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: Der Spiegel argues for 'Grexit'; How Greece might default; China may have purged internal security boss Zhou Yongkang; How US, America (and NZ?) are turning Japanese; Dilbert
Bernard's guide to Fixing vs Floating
Opinion: Bernard Hickey looks at whether to fix your mortgage or go floating and what the experts are saying
16th May 12, 1:51pm
by Bernard Hickey
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Opinion: Bernard Hickey looks at whether to fix your mortgage or go floating and what the experts are saying
90 seconds at 9 am: NZ$ under 77 USc
90 seconds at 9 am: NZ$ slides under 77 USc as Greek exit talk sparks run on Greek banks; Prices fall 6.4% in Fonterra's milk powder auction; Recession in Italy, Spain
16th May 12, 8:51am
by Bernard Hickey
16
90 seconds at 9 am: NZ$ slides under 77 USc as Greek exit talk sparks run on Greek banks; Prices fall 6.4% in Fonterra's milk powder auction; Recession in Italy, Spain
Tuesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint
Tuesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: What a Greek exit from the euro might look like; Germany's lethal bluffing over Greece; 'Obama the Great Deceiver'; George Lucas hits back at his snooty neighbours; 'Please can we default too?'; Dilbert
15th May 12, 1:32pm
by Bernard Hickey
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Tuesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: What a Greek exit from the euro might look like; Germany's lethal bluffing over Greece; 'Obama the Great Deceiver'; George Lucas hits back at his snooty neighbours; 'Please can we default too?'; Dilbert
90 seconds at 9 am
90 seconds at 9 am: NZ$ drops to 77.7 USc as Euro fears return with a vengeance; Open talk of 'Grexit' riles Eurostoxx and Italian/Spanish bonds; Dow down 1%
15th May 12, 9:01am
by Bernard Hickey
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90 seconds at 9 am: NZ$ drops to 77.7 USc as Euro fears return with a vengeance; Open talk of 'Grexit' riles Eurostoxx and Italian/Spanish bonds; Dow down 1%
Monday's Top 10 with NZ Mint
Monday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: Hard landing looks more likely in China; Greece to run out of cash within weeks; A flying shopping trolley; China's banks built on quicksand'; Dilbert
14th May 12, 1:46pm
by Bernard Hickey
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Monday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: Hard landing looks more likely in China; Greece to run out of cash within weeks; A flying shopping trolley; China's banks built on quicksand'; Dilbert
90 seconds at 9 am
90 seconds at 9 am: Serious talk of Greek exit from eurozone; Fears of capital flight and contagion; China eases bank capital rules after weak output
14th May 12, 8:24am
by Bernard Hickey
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90 seconds at 9 am: Serious talk of Greek exit from eurozone; Fears of capital flight and contagion; China eases bank capital rules after weak output
Bully your banker
Bernard Hickey says to mortgage borrowers: Don't pay the asking rate. Go straight to your banker and demand a lower rate
13th May 12, 10:05am
by Bernard Hickey
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Bernard Hickey says to mortgage borrowers: Don't pay the asking rate. Go straight to your banker and demand a lower rate
Never a dull moment for the NZ$
HiFX's Dan Bell reviews the NZ$'s further weakening as investor nerves grow over European debt crisis and weaker global growth
11th May 12, 4:33pm
by Bernard Hickey
HiFX's Dan Bell reviews the NZ$'s further weakening as investor nerves grow over European debt crisis and weaker global growth
Most agents see house prices rising
REINZ-BNZ survey shows record high net 64% of real estate agents see house prices rising as first home buyer and investor interest surges, 'but no boom'
11th May 12, 2:39pm
by Bernard Hickey
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REINZ-BNZ survey shows record high net 64% of real estate agents see house prices rising as first home buyer and investor interest surges, 'but no boom'
Friday's Top 10 with NZ Mint
Friday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: China's property developers doubled their debts; Higher inflation targets debated in Germany and America; JP Morgan's Too Big to Fail Whale; Clarke and Dawe
11th May 12, 10:47am
by Bernard Hickey
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Friday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: China's property developers doubled their debts; Higher inflation targets debated in Germany and America; JP Morgan's Too Big to Fail Whale; Clarke and Dawe
90 seconds at 9 am
90 seconds at 9 am: Chinese import growth slumps to 0.3% in April; Bank of India intervenes to support rupee; Germany says will tolerate higher inflation
11th May 12, 9:01am
by Bernard Hickey
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90 seconds at 9 am: Chinese import growth slumps to 0.3% in April; Bank of India intervenes to support rupee; Germany says will tolerate higher inflation
Thursday's Top 10 with NZ Mint
Thursday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: The amazing Beppe Grillo; Chinese political turmoil deepens; Europe's slow moving train-wreck; China's political tensions; Dilbert Dilbert
10th May 12, 2:39pm
by Bernard Hickey
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Thursday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: The amazing Beppe Grillo; Chinese political turmoil deepens; Europe's slow moving train-wreck; China's political tensions; Dilbert Dilbert
House values rising again, QV says
QV reports house values up 0.4% in last 3 months and 3.1% up from a year ago. Your view?
10th May 12, 12:48pm
by Bernard Hickey
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QV reports house values up 0.4% in last 3 months and 3.1% up from a year ago. Your view?
NZ manufacturing contracting again
High NZ$ cited as NZ manufacturing sector slumps back into contraction in April after 4 months of expansion
10th May 12, 11:09am
by Bernard Hickey
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High NZ$ cited as NZ manufacturing sector slumps back into contraction in April after 4 months of expansion
90 seconds at 9 am
90 seconds at 9 am: Greek politics riling global markets; Fresh elections more likely after leftist coalition talks fail; Spanish banks stressed; NZ$ weak
10th May 12, 9:02am
by Bernard Hickey
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90 seconds at 9 am: Greek politics riling global markets; Fresh elections more likely after leftist coalition talks fail; Spanish banks stressed; NZ$ weak
Wednesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint
Wednesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: Modern Monetary Theory's 'guaranteed job' goes mainstream at CNBC; Chinese pawn brokers doubling property lending every two years; Europe's zombie banks;
9th May 12, 1:57pm
by Bernard Hickey
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Wednesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: Modern Monetary Theory's 'guaranteed job' goes mainstream at CNBC; Chinese pawn brokers doubling property lending every two years; Europe's zombie banks;
RBNZ sees slower bank profit growth
RBNZ sees rebound in bank profits since 2009 petering out in coming years as competition intensifies and tougher capital rules kick in
9th May 12, 9:05am
by Bernard Hickey
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RBNZ sees rebound in bank profits since 2009 petering out in coming years as competition intensifies and tougher capital rules kick in
Tuesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint
Tuesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: Asian NZers and women dominate Barfoots top agents list ; A depressing Golden Dawn in Greece; 'Both governments and central banks should print money and then swap it'; Dilbert
8th May 12, 1:35pm
by Bernard Hickey
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Tuesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: Asian NZers and women dominate Barfoots top agents list ; A depressing Golden Dawn in Greece; 'Both governments and central banks should print money and then swap it'; Dilbert