FVIIX
Fidelity Government Income Fund
Fidelity Income Fund
Fund of funds
Expense ratio1
0.49%
Net assets2
$1.54B
Holdings2
1785
Category
Other
2025 return3
6.49%

Investment objective & strategy

As of Oct. 27, 2025 · prospectus

Objective. Fidelity Government Income Fund seeks a high level of current income, consistent with preservation of principal.

Strategy. Normally investing at least 80% of assets in U.S. Government securities and repurchase agreements for those securities. U.S. Government securities are high-quality securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. Treasury or by an agency or instrumentality of the U.S. Government. U.S. Government securities may be backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Treasury, the right to borrow from the U.S. Treasury, or the agency or instrumentality issuing or guaranteeing the security. Certain issuers of U.S. Government securities, including Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and the Federal Home Loan Banks, are sponsored or chartered by Congress but their securities are neither issued nor guaranteed by the U.S. Treasury. The issuer usually pays a fixed, variable, or floating rate of … Normally investing at least 80% of assets in U.S. Government securities and repurchase agreements for those securities. U.S. Government securities are high-quality securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. Treasury or by an agency or instrumentality of the U.S. Government. U.S. Government securities may be backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Treasury, the right to borrow from the U.S. Treasury, or the agency or instrumentality issuing or guaranteeing the security. Certain issuers of U.S. Government securities, including Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and the Federal Home Loan Banks, are sponsored or chartered by Congress but their securities are neither issued nor guaranteed by the U.S. Treasury. The issuer usually pays a fixed, variable, or floating rate of interest, and must repay the amount borrowed, usually at the maturity of the security. A repurchase agreement is an agreement to buy a security at one price and a simultaneous agreement to sell it back at an agreed-upon price. 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. Managing the fund to have similar overall interest rate risk to the Bloomberg 75% U.S. Government/25% U.S. Mortgage-Backed Securities Blended Index. Allocating assets across different market sectors and maturities. Analyzing the credit quality of the issuer, security-specific features, current and potential future valuation, and trading opportunities to select investments. 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. Investing in Fidelity's Central funds (specialized investment vehicles used by Fidelity funds to invest in particular security types or investment disciplines) consistent with the asset classes discussed above.

Top holdings

As of Feb. 28, 2026 · N-PORT
SecurityTickerValue% of fund
US TREASURY N/B $89.41M 5.81%
US TREASURY N/B $83.92M 5.45%
US TREASURY N/B $73.21M 4.76%
US TREASURY N/B $56.02M 3.64%
US TREASURY N/B $46.61M 3.03%
US TREASURY N/B $45.67M 2.97%
Fidelity Cash Central Fund $34.35M 2.23%
US TREASURY N/B $31.55M 2.05%
US TREASURY N/B $30.86M 2.00%
US TREASURY N/B $29.75M 1.93%
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Allocation by sector

As of February 28, 2026 · N-PORT
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Portfolio moves

Nov 30, 2025 → Feb 28, 2026
Opened
27
Exited
46
Increased
8
Decreased
1724
Unchanged
34

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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Similar funds

Funds whose portfolios most overlap this one, by weight
FundOverlapNet exp.
Fidelity Intermediate Government Income Fund · FSTGX 32% 0.45%
Fidelity Limited Term Government Fund · FFXSX 23% 0.30%
Fidelity Advisor Mortgage Securities Fund · FMGAX, FOMCX, FMSAX, FMSCX, FMSFX, FIKUX 17% 0.36%
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Advisers

As of August 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 October 27, 2025, from the fund's prospectus.
  2. Net assets and holdings count as of February 28, 2026, from the fund's N-PORT filing.
  3. Total return for calendar year 2025, before tax and after fund expenses. Computed by compounding the twelve monthly total returns the fund reported in its SEC N-PORT filings for 2025 (the latest prospectus does not yet chart this year).

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