FIXED INCOME SECURITIES INC, 497J, 2000-01-31

FIXED INCOME SECURITIES INC
497J, 2000-01-31

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                             FIXED INCOME SECURITIES, INC.

                            Federated Investors Funds

                              5800 Corporate Drive

                       Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15237-7000

                                January 31, 2000

EDGAR Operations Branch
Securities and Exchange Commission
Division of Investment Management
450 Fifth Street, Northwest
Washington, DC  20549

     RE: FIXED INCOME SECURITIES, INC. (the "Corporation")
           Federated Limited Term Fund
           Federated Limited Term Municipal Fund
           Federated Strategic Income Fund

         1933 Act File No. 33-43472
         1940 ACT FILE NO. 811-6447

Dear Sir or Madam:

     Pursuant to Rule 497(j) under the Securities  Act of 1933, the  above-named
Corporation  hereby  certifies that the  definitive  forms of  prospectuses  and
statements of  additional  information  dated January 31, 2000,  that would have
been filed under Rule 497(c),  do not differ from the forms of prospectuses  and
statements of additional  information  contained in the most recent registration
statement for the Corporation.  This registration  statement was  electronically
filed under Rule 485(b) as Post-Effective Amendment No. 25 on January 28, 2000.

     If you have any questions regarding this  certification,  please call me at
(412) 288-8160.

                                          Very truly yours,



                                          /s/ C. Grant Anderson
                                          C. Grant Anderson
                                          Assistant Secretary