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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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16 years 10 months

Latest articles

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
by Bernard Hickey
45
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
by Bernard Hickey
77
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
by Bernard Hickey
24
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
by Bernard Hickey
78
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
by Bernard Hickey
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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
by Bernard Hickey
21
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
by Bernard Hickey
18
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
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
by Bernard Hickey
30
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
by Bernard Hickey
2
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
by Bernard Hickey
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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
by Bernard Hickey
3
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
by Bernard Hickey
46
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
by Bernard Hickey
36
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
by Bernard Hickey
KiwiSaver funds flow in year to end of June up 12% to NZ$2.6 bln; helping to more than double total funds flow for year
House prices to rise 12% - Infometrics
Infometrics forecasts 12% rise in house prices over next three years because of low interest rates and housing shortages; Auckland prices to rise 16%, it says
by Bernard Hickey
23
Infometrics forecasts 12% rise in house prices over next three years because of low interest rates and housing shortages; Auckland prices to rise 16%, it says
Thursday's Top 10 with NZ Mint
Thursday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: The history of debt jubilees and bans on usury; 'If Italy goes God help us all'; Budget austerity and riots go hand in hand; Dilbert
by Bernard Hickey
35
Thursday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: The history of debt jubilees and bans on usury; 'If Italy goes God help us all'; Budget austerity and riots go hand in hand; Dilbert
Monthly Gold and Silver roundup
Double Shot Interview: NZ Mint's Mike O'Kane reviews gold's rise to record highs and its divergence from silver; suggests lead for bullets
by Bernard Hickey
2
Double Shot Interview: NZ Mint's Mike O'Kane reviews gold's rise to record highs and its divergence from silver; suggests lead for bullets
House prices, sales fall in July
REINZ figures show median house price falls 4.2% and sales volumes fall 5.8% in July from June; REINZ cites 'mid-winter breather'
by Bernard Hickey
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REINZ figures show median house price falls 4.2% and sales volumes fall 5.8% in July from June; REINZ cites 'mid-winter breather'
Dow slumps again on European fear
90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ: Dow falls 520 pts (4.6%) on fear European debt crisis spreading to French, US banks; NZ$ falls 3 USc in 7 hours
by Bernard Hickey
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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
by Bernard Hickey
18
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
by Bernard Hickey
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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
by Bernard Hickey
14
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
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
by Bernard Hickey
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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