FMBAX
Fidelity Municipal Core Plus Bond Fund
Fidelity Salem Street Trust
Fund of funds
Expense ratio1
0.30%
Net assets2
$68.11M
Holdings2
346
Category
Muni Bond
2024 return3
1.84%

Investment objective & strategy

As of March 27, 2025 · prospectus

Objective. Fidelity Municipal Core Plus Bond Fund seeks to provide a high current yield exempt from federal income tax. Growth of capital may also be considered.

Strategy. Normally investing at least 80% of assets in municipal securities whose interest is exempt from federal income tax. Municipal debt securities are issued to raise money for a variety of public and private purposes, including general financing for state and local governments, financing for eligible non-profit organizations, or financing for a specific project or public facility. Municipal debt securities in which the fund invests include securities issued by U.S. territories and possessions, general obligation bonds of municipalities, local or state governments, project or revenue-specific bonds, or pre-refunded or escrowed bonds, municipal money market securities, and synthetic securities. Municipal securities usually pay a fixed, variable, or floating rate of interest, and must repay the amount borrowed, usually at the maturity of … Normally investing at least 80% of assets in municipal securities whose interest is exempt from federal income tax. Municipal debt securities are issued to raise money for a variety of public and private purposes, including general financing for state and local governments, financing for eligible non-profit organizations, or financing for a specific project or public facility. Municipal debt securities in which the fund invests include securities issued by U.S. territories and possessions, general obligation bonds of municipalities, local or state governments, project or revenue-specific bonds, or pre-refunded or escrowed bonds, municipal money market securities, and synthetic securities. Municipal securities usually pay a fixed, variable, or floating rate of interest, and must repay the amount borrowed, usually at the maturity of the security. Effective December 11, 2025, derivative instruments that provide investment exposure to the investments above or exposure to one or more market risk factors associated with such investments are included in the fund's 80% policy, consistent with the fund's investment policies and limitations with respect to investments in derivatives. Investing up to 30% of assets in lower-quality debt securities (those of less than investment-grade quality, also referred to as high yield debt securities or junk bonds). Investing up to 20% of assets in securities that are not municipal securities exempt from federal income tax, including, but not limited to, taxable municipal bonds, U.S. Treasury and Government agency issues, and investment-grade corporate bonds. Managing the fund to have similar overall interest rate risk to the supplemental index (see "Additional Index Information" section of the prospectus). Analyzing the credit quality of the issuer, security-specific features, current and potential future valuation, and trading opportunities to select investments. Allocating assets across different market sectors and maturities. Potentially investing more than 25% of total assets in municipal securities that finance similar types of projects. Engaging in transactions that have a leveraging effect on the fund, including investments in derivatives - such as swaps (interest rate, total return, and credit default), options, and futures contracts - and forward-settling securities, to adjust the fund's risk exposure.

Allocation by sector

As of January 31, 2025 · N-PORT
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Portfolio moves

Oct 31, 2024 → Jan 31, 2025
Opened
16
Exited
8
Increased
1
Decreased
11
Unchanged
318

How many positions this fund opened, exited, grew, trimmed, or left unchanged between its two most recent N-PORT snapshots — net changes between point-in-time reports, not a trade log.

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Advisers

As of January 31, 2025 · N-CEN
FirmRole
FMR Investment Management (UK) Limited Sub-adviser
Fidelity Management & Research (Japan) Limited Sub-adviser
Fidelity Management & Research (Hong Kong) Limited Sub-adviser
Fidelity Management & Research Company LLC Adviser

Footnotes

  1. Expense ratio as of March 27, 2025, from the fund's prospectus.
  2. Net assets and holdings count as of January 31, 2025, from the fund's N-PORT filing.
  3. Total return for calendar year 2024, before tax and after fund expenses. As reported in the fund's prospectus performance bar chart.

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