About Speer Financial

Financial Advisor Rankings:
Illinois Competitive Tax-Exempt Long-Term New Issues: 1997

	Financial Advisors	# of Issues	Rank Activity	Principal Amount (000,000)
1	Speer Financial, Inc.	76	1	$330.90
2	R.V. Norene & Associates	33	2	359.90
3	Ponder & Co.	31	3	1,547.20
4	First Midstate Investment Corp.	23	4	31.30
5	Kane, McKenna Capital Inc.	18	5	121.90
6	John Nuveen & Co. Inc.	10	6	304.70
7	Robert W. Baird & Co. Incorporated	10	7	71.80
8	A.C. Advisory	8	8	1,647.70
9	First Chicago Capital Markets	7	9	321.20
10	Davis Financial, Inc.	6	10	61.50
11	Starmann, Starshak & Welnhofer	5	11	168.00
12	Dougherty Summit Securities LLC	5	12	140.70
13	Pandolfi, Topolski, Weiss and Comapny	5	13	140.70
14	Banc One Capital Corporation	4	14	18.40
15	Northern Trust Company	3	15	506.90
16	Kaufmann Hall & Associates, Inc.	3	16	73.80
17	Associated Municipal Consultants, Inc.	3	17	39.50
18	WM Financial Strategies	3	18	24.00
19	Warren Associates	3	19	6.70
20	The Knight Group	2	20	187.00
21	Midwest Management Consultants, Inc.	2	21	98.70
22	Municipal Capital Markets Corp.	2	22	69.40
23	Evensen Dodge, Inc.	2	23	44.80
24	Mesirow Financial, Inc.	1	24	250.00
25	Public Sector Group, Inc.	1	25	103.90
26	JJB Hilliard, WL Lyons, Inc.	1	26	30.00
27	Kaplan Financial Consulting, Inc.	1	27	18.80
28	ICap Financial, Inc.	1	28	17.40
29	Therber, Brock & Kramer, Inc.	1	29	4.90
30	Austin Meade Financial, Ltd.	1	30	4.70
31	Municipal Financial Consultants, Inc.	1	31	3.00
32	William Blair & Company	1	32	2.90
33	Life Management Systems, Inc.	1	33	2.70
34	Bank of Montreal Trust	1	34	2.50
35	Schorb, Brinkmann & Co., Ltd.	1	35	1.80
36	Fortune Group Corp. Finance, Inc.	1	36	1.80
37	Midwest Securities Trust Co.	1	37	1.10
	Totals	278		$6,762.20
	Speer Financial, Inc.'s Percent of Total Volume	27.34%
	Source: Thomson Financial Securities Data Company Note: Full Credit to each Financial Advisor