EVSGX — Eaton Vance Short Duration Strategic Income Fund
Data updated: 2026-09-29
EVSGX — Eaton Vance Short Duration Strategic Income Fund. United States Multi-Cap / All-Cap Blend / Core Equity. Holdings, fees, performance and SEC filings.
EVSGX Fund Overview
EVSGX — Eaton Vance Short Duration Strategic Income Fund is a US mutual fund managed by Eaton Vance Mutual Funds Trust, categorised as United States Multi-Cap / All-Cap Blend / Core Equity. ABC INVEST provides holdings, performance, costs, cashflows, risk data, prospectus documents and SEC filings, sourced from SEC filings.
- Type: US mutual fund
- Manager: Eaton Vance Mutual Funds Trust
- Category: United States Multi-Cap / All-Cap Blend / Core Equity
- Assets under management: $19.27B
- Ticker: EVSGX
- SEC CIK: 0000745463
- SEC series ID: S000005301
- Share class ID: C000014480
EVSGX Investment Objective and Strategy
Eaton Vance Short Duration Strategic Income Fund describes its objective and strategy as follows, from its latest prospectus filed with the SEC by Eaton Vance Mutual Funds Trust.
Investment objective
The Funds investment objective is total return.
Principal investment strategy
The Fund is a fund-of-funds and seeks to achieve its investment objective of total return primarily by allocating assets among other registered investment companies managed by Eaton Vance and its affiliates that invest in different asset classes (the Portfolios). The Fund also may invest in securities and other instruments directly. Total return is defined as income plus capital appreciation. In making allocation decisions, the Funds portfolio managers take market and other factors into consideration. The Fund is non-diversified, which means it may invest a greater percentage of its assets in the securities of a single issuer than a diversified fund. Set forth below is a description of the Funds investment approach, the characteristics and risks associated with the principal investments and strategies of the Fund as a result of its investment in the Portfolios and its direct investments.
The Fund has a flexible investment strategy and will invest in a variety of securities and other investments and use a variety of investment techniques in pursuing its investment objective. The Fund seeks investment in, but not limited to, foreign and domestic securities and other instruments, mortgage-backed securities (MBS) and asset-backed securities, commercial mortgage-backed securities, collateralized loan obligations, stripped securities, preferred and convertible securities, bank instruments, high yield corporate debt, loans, other fixed-income securities, sovereign nations including emerging markets and so-called frontier markets (such as currencies, interest rates and debt instruments issued or guaranteed by sovereign entities), municipal investments, and commodities-related investments.
The Fund may invest up to 20% of its net assets in equity securities and may invest up to 10% of its net assets in municipal securities. The Fund may have significant investment in a geographic region or country. Under normal market conditions, the Funds average duration will not exceed 3.5 years. The Fund expects to achieve certain investment exposures through purchasing and selling derivative transactions, including (but not limited to) forward foreign currency exchange contracts; futures on securities, indices, currencies, commodities, swaps and other investments; options; and interest rate swaps, cross-currency swaps, total return swaps and credit default swaps, which may create economic leverage in the Fund. The Fund may engage in derivative transactions to seek to enhance total return; to hedge against fluctuations in securities prices, interest rates or currency exchange rates; to change the effective duration of its portfolio; to manage certain investment risks; and/or as a substitute for the purchase or sale of securities, currencies or commodities.
The Funds use of derivatives may be extensive and there is no stated limit on their use. The Fund will maintain an average credit rating of at least investment grade (BBB by S&P Global Ratings (S&P) or Fitch Ratings (Fitch), or Baa by Moodys Investors Service (Moodys)). The Funds average credit rating will be the weighted-average of (i) the average credit ratings of the Portfolios in which it invests and (ii) the securities it holds directly. While the Funds average credit rating will be investment grade, the Fund may invest in securities that are rated below investment grade (rated below BBB by either S&P or Fitch, or below Baa by Moodys) or in unrated securities considered to be of comparable quality by the investment adviser (often referred to as junk instruments). The Fund may engage in repurchase agreements, reverse repurchase agreements, forward commitments and short sales.
The Fund may invest in Portfolios that acquire investments with borrowings. The Fund may enter into forward commitments to purchase U.S. Government agency generic MBS, with the total amount of such outstanding commitments not to exceed 10% of each such Funds total net assets. Such forward commitments may be entered into for purposes of investment leverage. The Fund may enter into forward commitments to sell generic U.S. Government agency MBS, with the total amount of such outstanding commitments not to exceed 50% of MBS holdings. In managing the Fund, the investment adviser adjusts investments based on its macroeconomic views and analysis in an effort to take advantage of differences in investment sectors, such as U.S. government, investment grade and below investment grade credit markets, and foreign sectors (primarily focused on sovereign debt, currencies and interest rates).
The investment adviser considers the relative risk/return characteristics of prospective investments (whether securities, currencies, derivatives, commodities or other instruments) in determining the most efficient means for achieving desired exposures. The Fund may gain exposure to commodities by investing in certain Portfolios and registered investment companies managed by Eaton Vance and its affiliates that invest in commodities and commodities-related investments. Each such fund/Portfolio may invest up to 25% of its total assets in a wholly-owned subsidiary organized under the laws of the Cayman Islands, which invests primarily in commodities-related investments, as well as securities and other instruments in which such fund/Portfolio is permitted to invest (the Subsidiary).
EVSGX Holdings
Top 7 holdings of Eaton Vance Short Duration Strategic Income Fund by percentage of net assets, from the fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Holding | % of net assets |
|---|---|
| Global Opportunities Portfolio | 78.30% |
| Global Macro Absolute Return Advantage Portfolio | 9.65% |
| High Income Opportunities Portfolio | 5.10% |
| Senior Debt Portfolio (MA) | 2.78% |
| Eaton Vance Emerging Markets Debt Opportunities Fund | 1.95% |
| Emerging Markets Local Income Portfolio | 0.72% |
| Calvert Emerging Markets Advancement Fund | 0.47% |
EVSGX Portfolio Allocation
Asset-class allocation of Eaton Vance Short Duration Strategic Income Fund by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Asset class | Allocation |
|---|---|
| Equity | 99.0% |
EVSGX Costs and Fees
EVSGX costs about $188 per $10,000 invested per year in fund expenses.
- Net expense ratio: 1.88%
- Gross expense ratio: 1.88%
- Portfolio turnover: 5%
- Brokerage commissions: 0.00 bps of average net assets (SEC N-CEN)
EVSGX Cashflows
Over the 12 months to 2026-04, Eaton Vance Short Duration Strategic Income Fund had net inflows of $8.19B, from monthly SEC N-PORT filings.
| Month | Net flow |
|---|---|
| 2026-04 | $740.74M |
| 2026-03 | $633.64M |
| 2026-02 | $839.96M |
| 2026-01 | $899.16M |
| 2025-12 | $639.66M |
| 2025-11 | $559.77M |
EVSGX Debt Constituents
No individual debt constituents are reported in Eaton Vance Short Duration Strategic Income Fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
EVSGX Prospectus and SEC Filings
Official Eaton Vance Short Duration Strategic Income Fund filings on SEC EDGAR — prospectus, portfolio holdings and annual reports.
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2026-02-26
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2025-02-26
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2024-02-27
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-09-29
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-06-24
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-03-31
- Annual census (N-CEN) — filed 2026-01-13
- Annual census (N-CEN) — filed 2025-01-14
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Data Sources
ABC INVEST compiles this page from public filings made to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) through EDGAR: portfolio holdings and monthly cashflows from Form N-PORT, expenses and returns from fund prospectuses (Form 485BPOS) and the SEC DERA Risk/Return Summary data sets, annual data from Form N-CEN, and shareholder reports from Form N-CSR.