About Speer Financial

Financial Advisor Rankings:
Illinois Competitive Tax-Exempt Long-Term New Issues: 1999

	Financial Advisors	# of Issues	Rank Activity	Principal Amount (000,000)
1	Speer Financial, Inc.	82	1	$395.10
2	R.V. Norene & Associates	32	2	217.10
3	Ponder & Co.	19	3	1,202.50
4	Ehlers & Associates	16	4	98.50
5	Kane, McKenna Capital Inc.	15	5	70.60
6	A.C. Advisory	9	6	1,877.30
7	Evensen Dodge Inc.	8	7	357.20
8	Robert W. Baird & Co. Incorporated	8	7	76.40
9	Austin Meade Financial Ltd	6	9	877.00
10	U.S. Bancorp Piper Jaffray Inc.	5	10	518.60
11	Pandolfi, Topolski, Weiss and Company	5	10	190.80
12	Bigelow & Company	5	10	190.80
13	Harris Trust & Savings Bank	5	10	13.10
14	Davis Financial	4	14	1,020.20
15	John S. Vincent & Company (IL)	4	14	248.50
16	Kaufmann Hall & Associates, Inc.	3	16	366.80
17	Public Sector Group, Inc.	2	17	719.30
18	Columbia Capital Management	2	17	117.40
19	Cap Advisors Inc.	2	17	53.40
20	Crystal Financial Consultants, Inc.	2	17	32.60
21	Kaplan Financial Consulting, Inc.	2	17	18.50
22	First Midstate Investment Corp.	2	17	12.10
23	Associated Municipal Consultants, Inc.	2	17	11.80
24	Municipal Advisors Incorporated	1	24	250.00
25	Loop Capital Markets	1	24	103.80
26	The Knight Group	1	24	44.90
27	First Southwest Company	1	24	8.90
28	Northern Trust Company	1	24	6.50
29	Banc One Capital Markets Inc.	1	24	5.00
30	Provident Capital Resources	1	24	5.00
31	A.G. Edwards & Sons, Inc.	1	24	3.20
32	WM Financial Strategies	1	24	2.20
33	Municipal Finance Consulting Services, Inc.	1	24	1.70
34	National City Bank	1	24	1.50
35	Hutchinson, Shockey, Erley & Co.	1	24	1.30
36	Schorb, Brinkmann & Co., Ltd.	1	24	1.00
	Totals	253
	Speer Financial, Inc.'s Percent of Total Volume	32.41%
	Source: Thomson Financial Securities Data Company Note: Full Credit to each Financial Advisor