HYPERION 2005 INVESTMENT GRADE OPPORTUNITY TERM TRUST INC
SC 13D/A, 1998-07-13
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                      SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                            Washington, D.C. 20549

                                 SCHEDULE 13D
                   Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
                               (Amendment No 2.)

          Hyperion 2005 Investment Grade Opportunity Term Trust, Inc.
                                     (HTO)
                               (Name of Issuer)

                                 Common Stock
                        (Title of Class of Securities)

                                   448918102
                                (CUSIP Number)

                          George W. Karpus, President
                         Karpus Management, Inc. d/b/a
                         Karpus Investment Management
                         14 Tobey Village Office Park
                           Pittsford, New York 14534
                                (716) 586-4680
         (Name, Address, and Telephone Number of Person Authorized to
                      Receive Notices and Communications)

                                 July 6, 1998
            (Date of Event which requires Filing of this Statement)

If the filing person has previously filed a statement on Schedule 13G to
report the acquisition which is subject of this Schedule 13D, and if filing
this schedule because of Rule 13d-1(b) (3) or (4), check the following box. [ ]

                                (Page 1 of 5 )

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                                 SCHEDULE 13D

CUSIP No. 448918102                                           Page 2 of 5 Pages

1.   NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
     S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON

     Karpus Management, Inc. d/b/a Karpus Investment Management
     I.D.# 16-1290558

2.   CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP*

     (a) [ ]
     (b) [x]

3.   SEC USE ONLY


4.   SOURCE OF FUNDS*

     AF

5.   CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO
     ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e)

     [ ]

6.   CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

     New York

                     7.  SOLE VOTING POWER

                         1,257,083 shares
   NUMBER OF
     SHARES          8.  SHARED VOTING POWER
  BENEFICIALLY
    OWNED BY
      EACH
    REPORTING        9.  SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
     PERSON
      WITH               1,257,083 shares

                    10.  SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER



11.  AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

     1,257,083 shares

12.  CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES*

     [ ]

13.  PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)

     7.23%

14.  TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*

     IA


                    *SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT!
         INCLUDE BOTH SIDES OF THE COVER PAGE, RESPONSES TO ITEMS 1-7
     (INCLUDING EXHIBITS) OF THE SCHEDULE, AND THE SIGNATURE ATTESTATION.

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ITEM 1   Security and Issuer

          Common Stock
          Hyperion 2005 Investment Grade Opportunity Term Trust, Inc.
          1 Liberty Plaza
          165 Broadway
          36th Floor
          New York, New York  10006

ITEM 2   Identity and Background

          a) Karpus Management, Inc., d/b/a Karpus Investment Management
          ("KIM")
          George W. Karpus, President, Director, and controlling stockholder 
          JoAnn Van Degriff, Vice President and Director 
          Sophie Karpus, Director 
          b) 14 Tobey Village Office Park 
          Pittsford, New York 14534
          c) Principal business and occupation - Investment Management for
          individuals, pension, and profit sharing plans, corporations,
          endowments, trust, and others, specializing in conservative asset
          management (i.e. fixed income investments).
          d) None of George W. Karpus, JoAnn Van Degriff or Sophie Karpus
          ("the Principals") or KIM has been convicted in the past 5 years of
          any criminal proceeding (excluding traffic violations).
          e) During the last 5 years none of the Principals or KIM has been a
          party to a civil proceeding as a result of which any of them is
          subject to a judgment, decree, or final order enjoining future
          violations of or prohibiting or mandating activities subject to,
          federal or state securities laws or finding any violation with
          respect to such laws.
          f) Each of the Principals is a United States citizen. KIM is a New
          York corporation.

ITEM 3   Source and Amount of Funds or Other Considerations

          KIM, an independent investment advisor, has accumulated 1,257,083
          shares of HTO on behalf of accounts that are managed by KIM ("the
          Accounts" under limited powers of attorney, which represents 7.23%
          of the outstanding shares. All funds that have been utilized in
          making such purchases are from such Accounts.

ITEM 4   Purpose of Transaction

          KIM has purchased Shares for investment purposes. Being primarily a
          conservative, fixed income manager, with a specialty focus in the
          closed end fund sector, the profile of HTO fit the investment
          guidelines for various Accounts.

ITEM 5   Interest in Securities of the Issuer

          a) As of the date of this Report, KIM owns 1,257,083 shares which
          represent 7.23% of the outstanding shares. George W. Karpus owns
          3,000 shares purchased on July 5, 1996 at a price of $7.125. KIM
          Profit Sharing Plan owns 1,500 shares purchased on July 22, 1997

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          at a price of $7.875.
          b) KIM has the sole power to dispose of and to vote all such Shares
          under limited powers of attorney.
          c) Open market purchases in the last 120 days for the Accounts.

                           Price Per                                Price Per
       Date      Shares      Share             Date       Shares      Share
      3/2/98      8,000        8.50          4/22/98      11,800      8.375
      3/2/98      3,000      8.4375          4/23/98      19,050      8.375
      3/3/98     11,100      8.4375          4/29/98       1,000      8.375
      3/4/98      5,500        8.50           5/5/98       9,800      8.375
      3/4/98      1,100      8.4375           5/6/98         200      8.375
      3/5/98     18,100      8.4375           5/8/98       2,000      8.375
      3/6/98     10,500      8.4375          5/13/98       6,400      8.375
     3/11/98     23,100      8.4375          5/14/98       4,100      8.375
     3/12/98      3,000      8.4375          5/18/98       1,700     8.4375
     3/13/98      3,900      8.4375          5/19/98         800     8.4375
     3/16/98      2,000      8.4375          5/26/98       4,000        8.5
     3/20/98      2,000      8.4375           6/4/98       2,000     8.4375
     3/23/98      2,000      8.4375           6/5/98       4,250     8.4375
     3/25/98      6,750      8.4375           6/8/98       4,200     8.4375
     3/27/98      2,000       8.375           6/9/98       1,000     8.4375
     3/30/98       -925       8.375          6/10/98      10,000     8.4375
     3/30/98      7,500       8.375          6/11/98       4,400     8.4375
     3/31/98      4,250       8.375          6/11/98       2,100      8.375
      4/1/98      4,600       8.375          6/12/98      16,850     8.4375
      4/2/98      4,100       8.375          6/15/98       3,300      8.375
      4/3/98      5,200       8.375          6/16/98         600     8.4375
      4/6/98      2,900       8.375          6/17/98         800      8.375
      4/6/98      1,500      8.4375          6/17/98       1,900     8.4375
      4/7/98      6,900       8.375          6/18/98       1,200      8.375
      4/8/98      5,800       8.375          6/22/98         100     8.4375
      4/9/98      2,400       8.375          6/23/98      16,900     8.4375
     4/13/98     11,200       8.375          6/24/98      22,950     8.4375
     4/13/98     -2,000       8.375          6/25/98       4,500       8.50
     4/14/98      7,100       8.375          6/25/98      28,600     8.4375
     4/15/98      2,400       8.375          6/26/98         500     8.4375
     4/16/98      1,100      8.4375          6/29/98         500     8.4375
     4/17/98      1,000      8.4375          6/30/98       1,000       8.50
     4/17/98     42,150       8.375          6/30/98       3,200     8.4375
     4/20/98     13,450       8.375
     4/21/98     20,667       8.375

          There have been no dispositions and no acquisition, other than by
          such open market purchases, during such period.

          The Accounts have the right to receive all dividends from, and any
          proceeds from the sale of the Shares. None of the Accounts has an
          interest in Shares constituting more than 5% of the Shares
          outstanding.

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ITEM 6   Contracts, Arrangements, Understandings, or Relationships with Respect 
         to Securities of the Issuer 

          Except as described above, there are no contracts, arrangement,
          understandings or relationships of any kind among the Principals and
          KIM and between any of them and any other person with respect to any
          of the HTO securities.

ITEM 7   Materials to be Filed as Exhibits

          Not applicable

Signature

                  After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and
belief, I certify that the information set forth in this statement is true,
complete and correct.

                                                Karpus Management, Inc.

July 6, 1998                                By: /s/ George W. Karpus
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    Date                                               Signature

                                                George W. Karpus, President
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