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                               1933 Act Registration No. 33-43472
                               1940 Act Registration No. 811-6447


                SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                      Washington, D.C. 20549

                             FORM N-1A

  REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1993    

  Pre-Effective Amendment No.            
     
  Post-Effective Amendment No.  11     X 
      
                              and/or

  REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT
   COMPANY ACT OF 1940     
     
  Amendment No.   13     X 
      
                  FIXED INCOME SECURITIES, INC. 
        (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

  Federated Investors Tower, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15222-3779
             (Address of Principal Executive Offices)

                          (412) 288-1900
                  (Registrant's Telephone Number)

        John W. McGonigle, Esq., Federated Investors Tower,
                Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15222-3779
              (Name and Address of Agent for Service)

                            Copies to:

          Thomas J. Donnelly, Esquire       Charles H. Morin, Esquire
          Houston, Houston & Donnelly       Dickstein, Shapiro & Morin
          2510 Centre City Tower            2101 L Street, N.W.
          650 Smithfield Street             Washington, D.C. 20037
          Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15222


  It is proposed that this filing will become effective (check
  appropriate box):
   
  ___ Immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b), or 
   X  on April 5, 1994 pursuant to paragraph (b), or 
      60 days after filing pursuant paragraph (a), or
      on (date) pursuant to paragraph (a), of Rule 485.
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          Registrant previously has filed a declaration pursuant
  to Rule 24f-2 of the Investment Company Act of 1940 to register
  an indefinite number of shares of each class of its Strategic
  Income Fund portfolio.  In addition, Registrant previously has
  filed declarations pursuant to Rule 24f-2 with respect to each
  class of its currently outstanding portfolios of shares.  Rule
  24f-2 Notices with respect to each such class for the fiscal
  year ended November 30, 1993 were filed on January 18, 1994. 

     
  Explanatory Note:  This Amendment to the Registration Statement
  is being filed solely to update Part C of the Registration
  Statement and to file certain Exhibits referred to therein.

                      PART A:  THE PROSPECTUS

          Part A of this Amendment is incorporated herein by
  reference to Part A of Post-Effective Amendment No. 9 (under
  the Securities Act of 1933) of the Registration Statement, as
  filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February
  4, 1994.

           PART B:  STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

          Part B of this Amendment is incorporated herein by
  reference to Part B Post-Effective Amendment No. 9 (under the
  Securities Act of 1933) of the Registration Statement, as filed
  with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 4,
  1994.

                    PART C:  OTHER INFORMATION


  Note:   This Part C has been completed with respect to all
          portfolios of the Registrant.

  Item 24.     Financial Statements and Exhibits:

          (a)  Financial Statements:  None.

          (b)  Exhibits:
             *  (1) Copy of Articles of Incorporation;
             *      (i)  Copy of Amendment No. 1 to Articles of
                         Incorporation (dated March 1, 1993);
             *  (2) Copy of By-Laws;
                (3) Not applicable;
                (4) Copy of Specimen Certificate for Shares of
                    Capital Stock;
             *      (i)  Limited Term Fund - Fortress Shares;
             *     (ii)  Limited Term Municipal Fund - Fortress
                         Shares;
             *    (iii)  Limited Term Municipal Fund - Investment
                         Shares;
             *     (iv)  Multi-State Municipal Income Fund;
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             *      (v)  Limited Maturity Government Fund -
                         Select Shares;
             *     (vi)  Limited Term Fund - Investment Shares;
     
             *    (vii)  Strategic Income Fund - Form for all
                         Classes of Shares;
      
                (5) Copy of Investment Advisory Contract;
             *      (i)  Conformed Copy of Investment Advisory
                         Contract;
             *     (ii)  Conformed Copy of Exhibit B to
                         Investment Advisory Contract;
             *    (iii)  Form of Exhibit C to Investment Advisory
                         Contract;
             *     (iv)  Conformed Copy of Exhibit A to
                         Investment Advisory Contract;
             *      (v)  Conformed Copy of Exhibit D to
                         Investment Advisory Contract;
     
            **     (vi)  Conformed Copy of Exhibit E to
                         Investment Advisory Contract;
      
             *  (6) Copy of Distributor's Contract;
             *      (i)  Copy of Amendment to Distributor's
                         Contract;
     
             *     (ii)  Copy of Administrative Agreement;
             *    (iii)  Form of Exhibit F to Distributor's
                         Contract;
             *     (iv)  Form of Exhibit G to Distributor's
                         Contract;
             *      (v)  Form of Exhibit H to Distributor's
                         Contract;
             *     (vi)  Form of Exhibit I to Distributor's
                         Contract;
             *    (vii)  Form of Exhibit J to Distributor's
                         Contract;
      
                (7) Not applicable;
             *  (8) Copy of Custodian Agreement;
             *  (9) Conformed Copy of Transfer Agency and Service
                    Agreement;
             * (10) Copy of Opinion and Consent of Counsel as to
                    legality of shares being registered;
             * (11) Not applicable;
               (12) Not applicable;
             * (13) Copy of Initial Capital Understanding;
               (14) Form of Retirement Plan;
             * (15) (i)  Form of Distribution Plan;
             *     (ii)  Copy of 12b-1 Agreement;
             *    (iii)  Copy of Shareholder Services Plan;
             *     (vi)  Copy of Shareholder Services Agreement;
             *      (v)  Conformed Copy of Distribution Plan;
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             *     (vi)  Conformed Copy of Shareholder Services
                         Plan;
     
             *    (vii)  Form of Exhibit F to Distribution Plan;
             *   (viii)  Form of Exhibit G to Distribution Plan;
             *     (ix)  Form of Exhibit H to Distribution Plan;
             *      (x)  Form of Exhibit I to Distribution Plan;
             *     (xi)  Form of Exhibit F to Shareholder
                         Services Plan;
             *    (xii)  Form of Exhibit G to Shareholder
                         Services Plan;
             *   (xiii)  Form of Exhibit H to Shareholder
                         Services Plan;
             *    (xiv)  Form of Exhibit I to Shareholder
                         Services Plan;
             *     (xv)  Form of Exhibit J to Shareholder
                         Services Plan;
      
               (16) Not applicable;
             * (17) Powers of Attorney;
          ____________________

           *   Previously filed.
          **   Filed herewith.

     

      
  Item 25.     Persons Controlled by or Under Common Control with
               Registrant:

          None

  Item 26.     Number of Holders of Securities:

                                                  Number of
  Record Holders
  Title of Class    as of January 6, 1994 

  Shares of capital stock,
  ($0.001 per Share par value)

  Limited Maturity Government Fund -- Select Shares      7
  Limited Term Fund -- Fortress Shares                295
  Limited Term Fund -- Investment Shares           11,466
  Limited Term Municipal Fund -- Fortress Shares        97
  Limited Term Municipal Fund -- Investment Shares     426
  Multi-State Municipal Income Fund                    44
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  Item 27.     Indemnification:

          Response is incorporated by reference to Registrant's
          Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Form N-1A filed
          December 19, 1991.  (File No. 33-43472) 

  Item 28.     Business and Other Connections of Investment
               Adviser:

          (a)  For a description of the other business of the
               Adviser, see the section entitled "Fixed Income
               Securities, Inc. Information -- Management of the
               Corporation" in Part A.  The affiliations with the
               Registrant of four of the Trustees and one of the
               Officers of the investment adviser are included in
               each Statement of Additional Information included
               in Part B of this Registration Statement under
               "Fixed Income Securities, Inc. Management --
               Officers and Directors."  The remaining Trustee of
               the investment adviser and his principal
               occupation is:  Mark D. Olson, Partner, Wilson,
               Halbrook & Bayard, 107 W. Market Street,
               Georgetown, Delaware 19947.

               The remaining Officers of the investment adviser
               are:  Mark L. Mallon, Executive Vice President;
               Henry J. Gailliot, Senior Vice President-
               Economist; Peter R. Anderson, William D.
               Dawson, III, J. Thomas Madden, Gary J. Madich and
               J. Alan Minteer, Senior Vice Presidents;
               Jonathan C. Conley, Deborah A. Cunningham, Mark E.
               Durbiano, Roger A. Early, Kathleen M. Foody-Malus,
               David C. Francis, Thomas M. Franks, Edward C.
               Gonzales, Jeff A. Kozemchak, John W. McGonigle,
               Gregory M. Melvin, Susan M. Nason, Mary Jo Ochson,
               Robert J. Ostrowski, Charles A. Ritter, and
               Christopher J. Wiles, Vice Presidents; Edward C.
               Gonzales, Treasurer, and John W. McGonigle,
               Secretary.  The business address of each of the
               Officers of the investment adviser is Federated
               Investors Tower, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-3779.  These
               individuals are also officers of a majority of the
               investment advisers to the Funds listed in Part B
               of this Registration Statement under "Fixed Income
               Securities, Inc. Management -- The Funds."

  Item 29.     Principal Underwriters:
     
          (a)  Federated Securities Corp., the Distributor for
               shares of the Registrant, also acts as principal
               underwriter for the following open-end investment
               companies:  A.T. Ohio Municipal Money Fund;
               American Leaders Fund, Inc.; Annuity Management
               Series; Automated Cash Management Trust; Automated
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               Government Money Trust; BayFunds; The Biltmore
               Funds; The Biltmore Municipal Funds; The Boulevard
               Funds; California Municipal Cash Trust; Cambridge
               Series Trust; Cash Trust Series, Inc.; Cash Trust
               Series II; DG Investor Series; Edward D. Jones &
               Co. Daily Passport Cash Trust; FT Series, Inc.;
               Federated ARMs Fund; Federated Exchange Fund,
               Ltd.; Federated GNMA Trust; Federated Government
               Trust; Federated Growth Trust; Federated High
               Yield Trust; Federated Income Securities Trust;
               Federated Income Trust; Federated Index Trust;
               Federated Intermediate Government Trust; Federated
               Master Trust; Federated Municipal Trust; Federated
               Short-Intermediate Government Trust; Federated
               Short-Term U.S. Government Trust; Federated Stock
               Trust; Federated Tax-Free Trust; Federated U.S.
               Government Bond Fund; Financial Reserves Fund;
               First Priority Funds; First Union Funds; Fortress
               Adjustable Rate U.S. Government Fund, Inc.;
               Fortress Municipal Income Fund, Inc.; Fortress
               Utility Fund, Inc.; Fountain Square Funds; Fund
               for U.S. Government Securities, Inc.; Government
               Income Securities, Inc.; High Yield Cash Trust;
               Independence One Mutual Funds; Insight
               Institutional Series, Inc.; Intermediate Municipal
               Trust; Investment Series Funds, Inc.; Investment
               Series Trust; Liberty Equity Income Fund, Inc.;
               Liberty High Income Bond Fund, Inc.; Liberty
               Municipal Securities Fund, Inc.; Liberty U.S.
               Government Money Market Trust; Liberty Utility
               Fund, Inc.; Liquid Cash Trust; Managed Series
               Trust; Mark Twain Funds; Marshall Funds, Inc.;
               Money Market Management, Inc.; Money Market
               Obligations Trust; Money Market Trust; The Monitor
               Funds; Municipal Securities Income Trust; New York
               Municipal Cash Trust; 111 Corcoran Funds;
               Peachtree Funds; Portage Funds; RIMCO Monument
               Funds; The Shawmut Funds; Short-Term Municipal
               Trust; Signet Select Funds; SouthTrust Vulcan
               Funds; Star Funds; The Planters Fund; The
               Starburst Funds; The Starburst Funds II; Stock and
               Bond Fund, Inc.; Sunburst Funds; Targeted Duration
               Trust; Tax-Free Instruments Trust; Tower Mutual
               Funds; Trademark Funds; Trust for Financial
               Institutions; Trust for Government Cash Reserves;
               Trust for Short-Term U.S. Government Securities;
               Trust for U.S. Treasury Obligations; Vision
               Fiduciary Funds, Inc.; and Vision Group of Funds,
               Inc.
      
               Federated Securities Corp. also acts as principal
               underwriter for the following closed-end
               investment company:  Liberty Term Trust,
               Inc.--1999.
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          (b)

                    (1)                     (2)                  (3)
                                                            Positions and
            Name and Principal     Positions and Offices     Offices With
             Business Address        With Underwriter         Registrant  

          Richard B. Fisher       Director, Chairman,       President
          Federated Investors     Chief Executive           and Director
          Tower                   Officer, Chief
          Pittsburgh, PA          Operating Officer, and
          15222-3779              Asst. Treasurer,
                                  Federated Securities
                                  Corp.

          Edward C. Gonzales      Director, Executive       Vice President
          Federated Investors     Vice President, and       and Treasurer
          Tower                   Treasurer, Federated
          Pittsburgh, PA          Securities Corp.
          15222-3779

          John W. McGonigle       Director, Executive       Vice President
          Federated Investors     Vice President, and       and Secretary
          Tower                   Assistant Secretary,
          Pittsburgh, PA          Federated Securities
          15222-3779              Corp.

          John A. Staley, IV      Executive Vice            Vice President
          Federated Investors     President and Assistant
          Tower                   Secretary, Federated
          Pittsburgh, PA          Securities Corp.
          15222-3779

          John B. Fisher          President-Institutional         --
          Federated Investors     Sales, Federated
          Tower                   Securities Corp.
          Pittsburgh, PA
          15222-3779

          James F. Getz           President-                      --
          Federated Investors     Broker/Dealer,
          Tower                   Federated Securities
          Pittsburgh, PA          Corp.
          15222-3779

          Mark R. Gensheimer      Executive Vice                  --
          Federated Investors     President of
          Tower                   Bank/Trust, Federated
          Pittsburgh, PA          Securities Corp.
          15222-3779
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          James S. Hamilton       Senior Vice President,          --
          Federated Investors     Federated Securities
          Tower                   Corp.
          Pittsburgh, PA
          15222-3779

          James R. Ball           Vice President,                 --
          Federated Investors     Federated Securities
          Tower                   Corp.
          Pittsburgh, PA
          15222-3779

          Mark W. Bloss           Vice President,                 --
          Federated Investors     Federated Securities
          Tower                   Corp.
          Pittsburgh, PA
          15222-3779

          Richard W. Boyd         Vice President,                 --
          Federated Investors     Federated Securities
          Tower                   Corp.
          Pittsburgh, PA
          15222-3779

          Mary J. Combs           Vice President,                 --
          Federated Investors     Federated Securities
          Tower                   Corp.
          Pittsburgh, PA
          15222-3779

          Laura M. Deger          Vice President,                 --
          Federated Investors     Federated Securities
          Tower                   Corp.
          Pittsburgh, PA
          15222-3779

          Jill Ehrenfeld          Vice President,                 --
          Federated Investors     Federated Securities
          Tower                   Corp.
          Pittsburgh, PA
          15222-3779

          Theodore Fadool, Jr.    Vice President,                 --
          Federated Investors     Federated Securities
          Tower                   Corp.
          Pittsburgh, PA
          15222-3779

          Bryant R. Fisher        Vice President,                 --
          Federated Investors     Federated Securities
          Tower                   Corp.
          Pittsburgh, PA
          15222-3779
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          Christopher T. Fives    Vice President,                 --
          Federated Investors     Federated Securities
          Tower                   Corp.
          Pittsburgh, PA
          15222-3779

          Joseph D. Gibbons       Vice President,                 --
          Federated Investors     Federated Securities
          Tower                   Corp.
          Pittsburgh, PA
          15222-3779

          James M. Heaton         Vice President,                 --
          Federated Investors     Federated Securities
          Tower                   Corp.
          Pittsburgh, PA
          15222-3779

          William E. Kugler       Vice President,                 --
          Federated Investors     Federated Securities
          Tower                   Corp.
          Pittsburgh, PA
          15222-3779

          Dennis M. Laffey        Vice President,                 --
          Federated Investors     Federated Securities
          Tower                   Corp.
          Pittsburgh, PA
          15222-3779

          J. Michael Miller       Vice President,                 --
          Federated Investors     Federated Securities
          Tower                   Corp.
          Pittsburgh, PA
          15222-3779

          R. Jeffery Niss         Vice President,                 --
          Federated Investors     Federated Securities
          Tower                   Corp.
          Pittsburgh, PA
          15222-3779

          Keith Nixon             Vice President,                 --
          Federated Investors     Federated Securities
          Tower                   Corp.
          Pittsburgh, PA
          15222-3779

          Michael P. O'Brien      Vice President,                 --
          Federated Investors     Federated Securities
          Tower                   Corp.
          Pittsburgh, PA
          15222-3779
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          Solon A. Person, IV     Vice President,                 --
          Federated Investors     Federated Securities
          Tower                   Corp.
          Pittsburgh, PA
          15222-3779

          Robert F. Phillips      Vice President,                 --
          Federated Investors     Federated Securities
          Tower                   Corp.
          Pittsburgh, PA
          15222-3779

          Timothy C. Pillion      Vice President,                 --
          Federated Investors     Federated Securities
          Tower                   Corp.
          Pittsburgh, PA
          15222-3779

          Eugene B. Reed          Vice President,                 --
          Federated Investors     Federated Securities
          Tower                   Corp.
          Pittsburgh, PA
          15222-3779

          Paul V. Riordan         Vice President,                 --
          Federated Investors     Federated Securities
          Tower                   Corp.
          Pittsburgh, PA
          15222-3779

          Charles A. Robison      Vice President,                 --
          Federated Investors     Federated Securities
          Tower                   Corp.
          Pittsburgh, PA
          15222-3779

          David W. Spears         Vice President,                 --
          Federated Investors     Federated Securities
          Tower                   Corp.
          Pittsburgh, PA
          15222-3779

          Brian L. Sullivan       Vice President,                 --
          Federated Investors     Federated Securities
          Tower                   Corp.
          Pittsburgh, PA
          15222-3779

          Thomas E. Territ        Vice President,                 --
          Federated Investors     Federated Securities
          Tower                   Corp.
          Pittsburgh, PA
          15222-3779
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          Richard B. Watts        Vice President,                 --
          Federated Investors     Federated Securities
          Tower                   Corp.
          Pittsburgh, PA
          15222-3779

          R. Edmond Connell, Jr.  Assistant Vice                  --
          Federated Investors     President, Federated
          Tower                   Securities Corp.
          Pittsburgh, PA
          15222-3779

          Philip C. Hetzel        Assistant Vice                  --
          Federated Investors     President, Federated
          Tower                   Securities Corp.
          Pittsburgh, PA
          15222-3779

          H. Joseph Kennedy       Assistant Vice                  --
          Federated Investors     President, Federated
          Tower                   Securities Corp.
          Pittsburgh, PA
          15222-3779

          Sharon M. Morgan        Assistant Vice                  --
          Federated Investors     President, Federated
          Tower                   Securities Corp.
          Pittsburgh, PA
          15222-3779

          S. Elliott Cohan        Secretary, Federated      Assistant
          Federated Investors     Securities Corp.          Secretary
          Tower
          Pittsburgh, PA
          15222-3779

          (c)  Not applicable.

  Item 30.     Location of Accounts and Records:

          Response is incorporated by reference to Registrant's
          Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Form N-1A filed
          December 19, 1991.  (File No. 33-43472) 

  Item 31.     Management Services:

          Not Applicable

  Item 32.     Undertakings:

          Registrant hereby undertakes to comply with the
          provisions of Section 16(c) of the 1940 Act with
          respect to the removal of Directors and the calling of
          special shareholder meetings by shareholders.
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          Registrant hereby undertakes to file a post-effective
          amendment on behalf of Strategic Income Fund, using
          financial statements which need not be certified,
          within four to six months from the effective date of
          Post-Effective Amendment No. 11 to Registrant's 1933
          Act Registration Statement.
      
          Registrant hereby undertakes to furnish each person to
          whom a prospectus is delivered with a copy of the
          Registrant's latest annual report to shareholders, upon
          request and without charge.


                            SIGNATURES
     
          Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of
  1933 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Registrant
  certifies that it meets all of the requirements for
  effectiveness of this Registration Statement pursuant to Rule
  485(b) under the Securities Act of 1933 and has duly caused
  this Amendment to the Registration Statement to be signed on
  its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in
  the City of Pittsburgh and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, on the
  4th day of April, 1994.
      

  FIXED INCOME SECURITIES, INC.


  By:     /s/ Charles H. Field                 
     Charles H. Field
     Attorney in Fact for
     John F. Donahue, Chairman and Director


          Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of
  1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the
  following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated:

          NAME                           TITLE            DATE

             
          By:  /s/ Charles H. Field   
               Charles H. Field          Attorney In      April 4, 1994
                                         Fact
                                         for the
                                         Persons
                                         Listed Below
      

  NAME                                  TITLE
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  John F. Donahue*                      Chairman and Director
                                        (Chief Executive Officer)

  Richard B. Fisher*                    President and Director

  Edward C. Gonzales*                   Vice President and
                                        Treasurer (Principal
                                        Financial and Accounting
                                        Officer)

  John T. Conroy, Jr.*                  Director

  William J. Copeland*                  Director

  James E. Dowd*                        Director

  Lawrence D. Ellis, M.D.*              Director

  Edward L. Flaherty, Jr.*              Director

  Peter E. Madden*                      Director

  Gregor F. Meyer*                      Director

  Wesley W. Posvar*                     Director

  Marjorie P. Smuts*                    Director

  _________________________

  * By Power of Attorney


                           EXHIBIT INDEX


  Exhibit No.       Description
     
     5(vi)          Conformed Copy of Exhibit E to Investment
                    Advisory Contract
      
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                                                    Exhibit 5(vi)

                             EXHIBIT E
                              to the
                   Investment Advisory Contract

                       STRATEGIC INCOME FUND
   

          For all services rendered by Adviser hereunder, the
  above-named Fund of the Corporation shall pay to Adviser and
  Adviser agrees to accept as full compensation for all services
  rendered hereunder, an annual investment advisory fee equal to
  .85 of 1% of the average daily net assets of the Fund. 
   
          The portion of the fee based upon the average daily net
  assets of the Fund shall be accrued daily at the rate of
  1/365th of .85 of 1% applied to the daily net assets of the
  Fund. 
   
          The advisory fee so accrued shall be paid to Adviser
  daily. 
   
          Witness the due execution hereof this 1st day of March,
  1994. 
   
    
  Attest:                     FEDERATED ADVISERS


  /s/ John w. Mcgonigle         By: /s/ William D. Dawson    
  Secretary                            Senior Vice President


  Attest:                     FIXED INCOME SECURITIES, INC. 
   
   
  /s/ John w. Mcgonigle            By: /s/ Edward C. Gonzales    
  Secretary                            Vice President
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