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Eaton Vance Short Duration Government Income Fund Class I EILDX

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  • NAV / 1-Day Return 7.23  /  +0.14 %
  • Total Assets 3.2B
  • Adj. Expense Ratio
    0.590%
  • Expense Ratio 0.640%
  • Distribution Fee Level High
  • Share Class Type Institutional
  • Category Short Government
  • Credit Quality / Interest Rate Sensitivity —
  • Min. Initial Investment 1M
  • Status Open
  • TTM Yield 5.67%
  • Effective Duration 2.69 years

USD | NAV as of Jun 10, 2026 | 1-Day Return as of Jun 10, 2026, 12:02 AM GMT+0

Morningstar’s Analysis EILDX

Will EILDX outperform in the future?

Get our overall rating based on a fundamental assessment of the pillars below.

  • Process Pillar

    The Process Pillar is our assessment of how sensible, clearly defined, and repeatable EILDX’s performance objective and investment process is for both security selection and portfolio construction.

  • People Pillar

    The People Pillar is our evaluation of the EILDX management team’s experience and ability. We find that high-quality management teams deliver superior performance relative to their benchmarks and/or peers.

  • Parent Pillar

    The Parent Pillar is our rating of EILDX’s parent organization’s priorities and whether they’re in line with investors’ interests.

A more aggressive take on short government bonds.

Principal Paul Olmsted

Paul Olmsted

Principal

Summary

Eaton Vance Short Duration Government Income’s experienced managers lead this mortgage-focused short government strategy; stronger confidence in the team’s oversight of complex mortgage-backed securities and hedging supports a Process upgrade to Average from Below Average.

by Paul Olmsted
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Portfolio Holdings EILDX

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  • Current Portfolio Date
  • Equity Holdings —
  • Bond Holdings —
  • Other Holdings —
  • % Assets in Top 10 Holdings 28.1
Top 10 Holdings
% Portfolio Weight
Market Value USD
Sector

Federal National Mortgage Association 6%

10.69 412M
Securitized

Federal National Mortgage Association 5.5%

8.30 320M
Securitized

Federal National Mortgage Association 3%

3.26 125M
Securitized

Nomura Corporate Funding Americas LLC 5.42157%

2.67 103M
Corporate

Government National Mortgage Association 5%

2.59 100M
Securitized

Federal National Mortgage Association 6.5%

2.50 96M
Securitized

Federal National Mortgage Association 3%

1.87 72M
Securitized

FEDERAL HOME LN MTG CORP MULTICLASS MTG PARTN CTFS GTD 5.21721%

1.80 69M
Securitized

Government National Mortgage Association 4.66154%

1.77 68M
Securitized

Government National Mortgage Association 6.5%

1.47 57M
Securitized

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