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Fidelity Advisor Freedom Blend 2015 C Overview

Fidelity Advisor Freedom Blend 2015 C (FJASX) is an actively managed Allocation Target-Date 2015 fund. Fidelity Investments launched the fund in 2018.

The investment seeks high current income and, as a secondary objective, capital appreciation. The fund invests primarily in a combination of Fidelity® U.S. equity funds, international equity funds, bond funds, and short-term funds (underlying Fidelity® Funds). The adviser allocates assets according to a neutral asset allocation strategy that adjusts over time until it reaches an allocation similar to that of the Fidelity Freedom® Blend Retirement Fund, approximately 10 to 19 years after the year 2015.

About Fidelity Advisor Freedom Blend 2015 C (FJASX)

There are 4 members of the management team with an average tenure of 4.55 years: Andrew Dierdorf (2018), Brett Sumsion (2018), Finola McGuire Foley (2025), Cait Dourney Earle (2025). Management tenure is more important for actively managed funds than passive index funds.

The fund has 1 primary benchmark: Bloomberg US Agg Bond TR USD index with a weighting of 100%. Fidelity Advisor Freedom Blend 2015 C has 48 securities in its portfolio. The top 10 holdings constitute 66.3% of the fund’s assets. The fund meets the SEC requirement of being classified as a diversified fund. The fund is not considered to have an ESG focus with its investment selection and management.

Fidelity Advisor Freedom Blend 2015 C is part of the Allocation global asset class and is within the Allocation fund group. Fidelity Advisor Freedom Blend 2015 C has 25.4% of its portfolio invested in foreign issues. The overall assets allocated to domestic stock is 20.5%. There is 19.4% allocated to foreign stock, and 0.1% is allocated to preferred stocks. The bond allocation as a percentage of total assets is 58.6% (52.6% domestic bond, 6.0% foreign bond and 0.0% convertible bond). Fidelity Advisor Freedom Blend 2015 C has 1.1% of the portfolio in cash.

Assets Under Management

The fund has $397 million in total assets, which is below the $250 million average for the Target-Date 2015 category. Normally, lower assets under management translates to higher average expense ratios, and greater total assets are desired. However, for some investment categories, such as small-cap investing, it may be difficult for the manager to fully employ the desired active strategy if assets grow too large or too quickly.

FJASX Performance and Fees

The expense ratio measures how much of a fund’s assets are used for administrative expenses and operating expenses, including adviser fees and fees for the transfer agent and custodial services. The Fidelity Advisor Freedom Blend 2015 C expense ratio is high compared to funds in the Target-Date 2015 category. Fidelity Advisor Freedom Blend 2015 C has an expense ratio of 1.42%, which is 162% higher than its category average, making the fund expense ratio grade a F. While it is difficult to predict returns, it is known that high annual expense ratios reduce your rate of return, and excessive fees are difficult to overcome. Active management normally comes with higher expense ratios than passive index management. Certain investment categories such as small company and foreign also normally have higher expense ratios. It is best to compare fund expense ratios against the category averages for meaningful assessments.

High portfolio turnover can translate to higher expenses and lower aftertax returns. Fidelity Advisor Freedom Blend 2015 C has a portfolio turnover rate of 25%, indicating that holds its assets around 0.0 years. By way of comparison, the average portfolio turnover is 19% for the Target-Date 2015 category.

Recently, in the month of July 2026, Fidelity Advisor Freedom Blend 2015 C returned -1.2%, which earned it a grade of F, as the Target-Date 2015 category had an average return of -0.7%. The letter grades of A, B, C, D and F are based upon relative rankings within the investment category. A grade of A, for example, would indicate that the return is in the highest 20% for that time period compared to all funds in that category.

Fidelity Advisor Freedom Blend 2015 C has a trailing yield of 1.66%, which is below the 2.89% category average. The fund normally distributes its income semi-annually and its capital gains annually.

It’s natural to seek the best-performing investments, but you must consider the relationship between risk and return and the impact of costs and taxes on your realized returns.

Fidelity Advisor Freedom Blend 2015 C Grades

Year to date, the fund has returned 4.4%, 0.2 percentage points worse than the category, which translates into a grade of D. The fund has returned 9.5% over the past year (grade of D), 7.9% over the past three years (grade of F) and 2.6% per year over the past five years (grade of F).

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