About Speer Financial

Financial Advisor Rankings:
Illinois Competitive Tax-Exempt Long-Term New Issues: 1998

	Financial Advisors	# of Issues	Rank Activity	Principal Amount (000,000)
1	Speer Financial, Inc.	107	1	$581.10
2	R.V. Norene & Associates	35	2	221.30
3	Ponder & Co.	31	3	1,747.50
4	Associated Municipal Consultants, Inc.	17	4	175.60
5	Kane, McKenna Capital Inc.	15	5	62.60
6	First Midstate Investment Corp.	10	6	48.80
7	John Nuveen & Co. Inc.	9	7	456.10
8	Evensen Dodge Inc.	9	7	38.40
9	Robert W. Baird & Co. Incorporated	8	9	34.50
10	Starmann, Starshak & Weinhofer	7	10	423.10
11	Banc One Capital Markets Inc.	7	10	317.00
12	A.C. Advisory	6	12	1,304.40
13	Northern Trust Company	5	13	48.20
14	Harris Trust & Savings Bank	5	13	31.50
15	Davis Financial	4	15	818.70
16	Municipal Finance Consultants	4	15	15.80
17	Austin Meade Financial Ltd	3	17	340.10
18	WM Financial Strategies	3	17	6.50
19	Magna Bank	3	17	0.20
20	Public Sector	2	20	237.30
21	Kaplan Financial Consulting, Inc.	2	20	111.00
22	John S. Vincent & Company (IL)	2	20	60.40
23	Everen Securities, Inc.	2	20	5.90
24	Tucker Anthony Inc.	1	25	215.50
25	Midwest Management Consultants Inc.	1	25	150.00
26	Kaufmann Hall & Associates	1	25	86.60
27	Paine Webber Inc.	1	25	83.00
28	Dougherty Summit Securities LLC	1	25	46.60
29	Pandolfi, Topolski, Weiss and Company	1	25	46.60
30	Columbia Capital Management	1	25	36.30
31	EM Financial Services Ltd	1	25	27.40
32	Warren Associates	1	25	4.00
33	Griffin, Kubik, Stephens & Thompson	1	25	3.70
34	Crystal Financial Consultants, Inc.	1	25	3.10
35	Hutchinson, Shockey, Erley & Co.	1	25	0.40
	Totals	308		$7,789.20
	Speer Financial, Inc.'s Percent of Total Volume	34.74%
	Source: Thomson Financial Securities Data Company Note: Full Credit to each Financial Advisor