In the land of low yields the split-rated bond is king.

FORBES: One Rating Agency's Junk Bond Could Be Your High-Yield Treasure

If not, regulators would have to resort to the "good bank, bad bank" split of the bond insurers, as proposed Tuesday by Berkshire Hathaway 's Warren Buffett.

FORBES: Magazine Article

If not, regulators would have to resort to the "good bank, bad bank" split of the bond insurers, as proposed Tuesday by Berkshire Hathaway 's (nyse: BRKA - news - people ) Warren Buffett.

FORBES: What To Do About Wall Street

Don't stop with a split-up of balanced portfolios into stock and bond halves.

FORBES: Investment Strategies

The bulk of that money is now being raised by forcing losses on large deposit holders as well as bond holders in Laiki bank, which will be split into a bad bank of toxic assets and a remaining viable core business.

NPR: Cyprus Secures Bailout, Avoids Bankruptcy

And what he's threatening to do, really the implicit threat, is that they would split the companies into two so that the safe portion, the municipal bond portion, would be one company, and the troubled portion would be another company, and of course the minute that happens, those troubled companies are basically doomed because it's the municipal bond part of the thing that's holding the whole apparatus up.

NPR: Bond Insurer Losses Could Have Broader Impact