Those of us not living Wall Street have long known that 'real' interest rates have been negative for many years, and that the bureaucrats can only propagate and pretend this is not the case with their farcical inflation index. The reality is that stimulating growth with easy credit is akin to keeping a heroine addict alive with more injections - he is never cured, but does live another day (hopefully). And there is no more telling evidence that the patient called the "Global Economy" is barely breathing than the Baltic Dry Index, which is having its worst year ever on record. So what's the plan from here, sound money? Nope. Less intervention? Nope. Lower taxes? Not a chance. The solution is NEGATIVE interest rates! Of course, paying the bank to keep your money safe is a brilliant idea. Can't happen here you say, in our home and native land? Well think again; two Fridays ago a Page 3 article in the Globe & Mail's Business Section entitled "Why central bankers would like to trash your cash" suggests that negative rates might be necessary to discourage you from hoarding and encourage you to start stimulating. The brilliant IMF shill quoted in the article then pontificates that a negative interest-rate policy could lead people to withdraw their money from banks (do ya think?), and that the solution to this blowback is to simply eliminate cash! Simple. The central bankers truly have gone full retard! My suggestion is to give them the finger NOW and position into the only form of money that is unencumbered, free of counter-party risk, and that has stored wealth for 6,000 years, while you still can. Please contact me for almost free pricing and discreet, informed service. Cheers!