FINGERHUT RECEIVABLES INC
8-K, 1998-12-14
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               SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                     Washington, D.C.  20549



                            FORM 8-K



                         CURRENT REPORT
             Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
                 Securities Exchange Act of 1934

        Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):

                        December 11, 1998

                     FINGERHUT MASTER TRUST
                   FINGERHUT RECEIVABLES, INC.
           (Originator of the Fingerhut Master Trust)
     (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


    Delaware                 033-77780            41-1783128
(State of Incorporation) (Commission File Number) (IRS Employer 
                                                  Identification No.)



   4400 Baker Road, Suite F480, Minnetonka, Minnesota   55343
            (Address of principal executive offices)
                                
                         (612) 936-5035
      (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
                                
                                
                                
                                
                                                                 
                                                                 
                                                                 
                   FINGERHUT RECEIVABLES, INC.
                                
                   Current Report on Form 8-K


Item 7.     Financial Statements and Exhibits

           Ex.      20.a          Series     1998-1      November
           Certificateholders' Statement
           
           Ex.      20.b          Series     1998-2      November
           Certificateholders' Statement
           
                            SIGNATURE


         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities  Exchange
Act  of  1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report  to  be
signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

                                     FINGERHUT RECEIVABLES, INC.



                                     By /s/ Brian M. Szames
                                         Brian M. Szames
                                         President and Treasurer




Dated:  December 11, 1998






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Exhibit 20.a
Fingerhut Receivables, Inc.                               Fingerhut Master Trust                             Monthly Report
Securityholder's Statement                                    Series 1998-1                                        Nov-1998
					                                          	Class A        Class B        CTO             Class D            Total  
<C>   <S>                                   <C>             <C>            <C>             <C>               <C>
(i)   Security Amount                       337,500,000.00  51,136,000.00  61,364,000.00   61,364,000.00     511,364,000.00
(ii)  Security Principal Distributed                  0.00           0.00                           0.00               0.00
(iii) Security Interest Distributed           1,707,187.50     268,037.87                     300,438.98       2,275,664.35
										
Security Principal Distributed per $1,000        0.0000000      0.0000000      0.0000000                               
Security Interest Distributed per $1,000         5.0583333      5.2416667      4.8960136                                   
(iv) Principal Collections                   26,040,061.79   3,945,435.85   4,734,584.75     4,734,584.75     39,454,667.13
(v)  Finance Collections                      9,486,427.22   1,437,327.24   1,724,815.17     1,724,815.17     14,373,384.80
      Recoveries                              1,211,305.26     183,529.79     220,238.62       220,238.62      1,835,312.30
      Defeasance Funding Acct Earnings                0.00           0.00           0.00             0.00              0.00
       	Total Finance Collections            10,697,732.48   1,620,857.03   1,945,053.80     1,945,053.80     16,208,697.11
	          Total Collections                 36,737,794.27   5,566,292.88   6,679,638.54     6,679,638.54     55,663,364.24
(vi) Aggregate Amount of Principal Receivables                                                             1,294,694,026.03
     Invested Amount (End of Month)         337,500,000.00  51,136,000.00  61,364,000.00    61,364,000.00    511,364,000.00
      Floating Allocation Percentage           26.0679352%     3.9496591%     4.7396527%       4.7396527%       39.4968996%
      Invested Amount (Beginning of Month)  337,500,000.00  51,136,000.00  61,364,000.00    61,364,000.00    511,364,000.00
      Average Daily Invested Amount                                                                          511,364,000.00
(vii) Receivable Delinquencies                                                                          
       Current                                                                                     79.73%  1,350,817,702.87
       30 Days to 59 Days                                                                           5.04%     85,442,421.72
       60 Days to 89 Days                                                                           3.15%     53,356,286.33
       90 Days and Over                                                                            12.07%    204,541,465.95
	  Total Receivables                                                                              100.00%  1,694,157,876.87
(viii) Aggregate Investor Default Amount                                                                       9,980,515.26
	 As a % of Average Daily Invested Amount  (Annualized based on 365 days/year)                                       20.35%
(ix)  Security Charge-Offs                            0.00           0.00           0.00             0.00              0.00
(x)   Servicing Fee                             647,260.27      98,069.04     117,684.38       117,684.38        980,698.08
											
(xi)  Pool Factor                                 1.000000       1.000000       1.000000
											
(xii) Unreimbursed Redirected Principal Collections              0.000000       0.000000          0.000000             0.00
(xiii) Excess Funding Account Balance                                                                                  0.00
(xiv) CTO Trigger Event Occurrence                                                                                     None
	CTO Reserve Amount                                                                                                     N/A
(xv) Number of New Accounts Added to the Trust                                                                      124,390
(xvi) Revolving Receivables Reserve Account Balance                                                             $750,000.00
(xvii) Defeasance Funding Account Balance                                                                              0.00
Average Net Portfolio Yield                                                                                          12.70%
Minimum Base Rate                                                                                                     8.10%

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<TABLE>
Exhibit 20.b
Fingerhut Receivables, Inc.                     Fingerhut Master Trust                                           Monthly Report
Securityholder's Statement                      Series 1998-2                                                          Nov-1998
                                          						  Class A          Class B         CTO             Class D           Total     
<C>   <S>                                     <C>              <C>             <C>              <C>              <C>
(i)   Security Amount                         337,500,000.00   51,136,000.00   61,364,000.00    61,364,000.00    511,364,000.00
(ii)  Security Principal Distributed                    0.00            0.00            0.00                               0.00
(iii) Security Interest Distributed             1,752,187.50      277,412.80      307,853.80                       2,337,454.10
											
Security Principal Distributed per $1,000          0.0000000       0.0000000       0.0000000
Security Interest Distributed per $1,000           5.1916667       5.4250000       5.0168469
(iv) Principal Collections                     26,040,061.79    3,945,435.85    4,734,584.75      4,734,584.75    39,454,667.13
(v)  Finance Collections                        9,486,427.22    1,437,327.24    1,724,815.17      1,724,815.17    14,373,384.80
      Recoveries                                1,211,305.26      183,529.79      220,238.62        220,238.62     1,835,312.30
      Defeasance Funding Acct Earnings                  0.00            0.00            0.00              0.00             0.00
       	Total Finance Collections              10,697,732.48    1,620,857.03    1,945,053.80      1,945,053.80    16,208,697.11
       	Total Collections                      36,737,794.27    5,566,292.88    6,679,638.54      6,679,638.54    55,663,364.24
 (vi) Aggregate Amount of Principal Receivables                                                                1,294,694,026.03
      Invested Amount (End of Month)          337,500,000.00   51,136,000.00   61,364,000.00     61,364,000.00   511,364,000.00
      Floating Allocation Percentage             26.0679352%      3.9496591%      4.7396527%        4.7396527%      39.4968996%
      Invested Amount (Beginning of Month)    337,500,000.00   51,136,000.00   61,364,000.00     61,364,000.00   511,364,000.00
      Average Daily Invested Amount                                                                              511,364,000.00
 (vii)  Receivable Delinquencies                                                                                
       	Current                                                                                         79.73% 1,350,817,702.87
	       30 Days to 59 Days                                                                               5.04%    85,442,421.72
       	60 Days to 89 Days                                                                               3.15%    53,356,286.33
       	90 Days and Over                                                                                12.07%   204,541,465.95
       	    Total Receivables                                                                          100.00% 1,694,157,876.87
(viii) Aggregate Investor Default Amount                                                                           9,980,515.26
       As a % of Average Daily Invested Amount  (Annualized based on 365 days/year)                                      20.35%  
(ix)  Security Charge-Offs                              0.00            0.00            0.00              0.00             0.00
											
 (x)   Servicing Fee                              647,260.27       98,069.04      117,684.38        117,684.38       980,698.08
											
(xi)  Pool Factor                                   1.000000        1.000000        1.000000
											
(xii) Unreimbursed Redirected Principal Collections                 0.000000        0.000000          0.000000             0.00
(xiii) Excess Funding Account Balance                                                                                      0.00
(xiv) CTO Trigger Event Occurrence                                                                                         None
      CTO Reserve Amount                                                                                                    N/A
(xv) Number of New Accounts Added to the Trust                                                                          124,390
(xvi) Revolving Receivables Reserve Account Balance                                                                 $750,000.00
(xvii) Defeasance Funding Account Balance                                                                                  0.00
Average Net Portfolio Yield                                                                                              12.70%
Minimum Base Rate                                                                                                         8.26%
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