The October issue of Money Magazine (article not available online yet) writes about "The Money Fund Scare", saying, "Let's set the record straight. Money funds, though not FDIC-insured, invest only in high-quality debt with less than a year to maturity.... [S]trict Securities and Exchange Commission rules limit a fund's holdings below the very top credit tier to just 5%, a percentage that most money funds rarely come close to, according to Peter Crane of Crane Data LLC".