In a normal market, negative rates would never happen.
However, the bond markets are increasingly controlled by the central banks.
The Federal Reserve, the Swiss National Bank, the Bank of Japan, and the European Central Bank.
To combat deflation and help reduce the debt burdens in their regions, they are forcing yields down in the debt markets.
They are pringing money and using that money to buy debt and keep yields down.
And there are money managers out there... who basically have no choice but to park cash into these negative yielding instruments.
Because they are playing a different game than us.
They don't care about earning money, they care about not losing money to deflation.
Which is fine if that's what you want to do, but it's disastrous to folks like you and me who are seeking consistent income int his market.
Here's how: