INVESTMENT SERIES FUNDS, INC.
Federated Investors
Federated Investors Funds
5800 Corporate Drive
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15237-7000
December 31, 1997
EDGAR Operations Branch
Securities and Exchange Commission
Division of Investment Management
450 Fifth Street, Northwest
Washington, DC 20549
RE: INVESTMENT SERIES FUNDS, INC.
Federated Bond Fund
1933 Act File No. 33/48847
1940 Act File No. 811-07021
Dear Sir or Madam:
Pursuant to Rule 497(j) under the Securities Act of 1933, the above-named
Trust hereby certifies that the definitive forms of the prospectuses and the
statement of additional information dated December 31, 1997, that would have
been filed under Rule 497(c), do not differ from the forms of the prospectuses
and the statement of additional information contained in the most recent
registration statement for the Trust. This registration statement was
electronically filed under Rule 485(b) [as Post-effective amendment No. 15] on
December 24, 1997.
If you have any questions regarding this certification, please call me at
(412) 288-8515.
Very truly yours,
/s/ Matthew S. Hardin
Matthew S. Hardin
Assistant Secretary
