About Speer Financial

Financial Advisor Rankings:
Illinois Competitive Tax-Exempt Long-Term New Issues: 2000

	Financial Advisors	# of Issues	Rank Activity	Principal Amount (000,000)	Average Principal Amount (000,000)
1	Speer Financial, Inc.	79	1	$360.30	$4.56
2	R.V. Norene & Associates	31	2	164.70	5.31
3	Kane, McKenna Capital Inc.	12	3	34.40	2.87
4	Ponder & Co.	10	4	706.20	70.62
5	Ehlers & Associates	9	5	65.30	7.26
6	Austin Meade Financial Ltd	5	6	562.40	112.48
7	U.S. Bancorp Piper Jaffray Inc.	5	7	90.00	18.00
8	First Midstate Investment Corp.	4	8	100.20	25.05
9	John S. Vincent & Company (IL)	4	9	65.80	16.45
10	Robert W Baird & Co. Incorporated	4	10	18.00	4.50
11	Schorb, Brinkmann & Co., Ltd.	4	11	8.20	2.05
12	A.C. Advisory, Inc.	3	12	566.80	188.93
13	Evensen Dodge Inc.	3	13	93.80	31.27
14	Griffin, Kubik, Stephens & Thompson	3	14	54.20	18.07
15	William Blair & Company	3	15	45.90	15.30
16	Califf & Harper, P.C.	3	16	24.10	8.03
17	Banc One Capital Markets Inc.	3	17	14.60	4.87
18	Warren Associates	3	18	6.50	2.17
19	Davis Financial	2	19	176.90	88.45
20	Municipal Finance Consulting Services, Inc.	2	20	18.70	9.35
21	Northern Trust Company	2	21	15.70	7.85
22	Public Sector Group, Inc.	1	22	260.00	260.00
23	The Knight Group	1	23	98.90	98.90
24	ABN AMRO Inc	1	24	63.00	63.00
25	Kirkpatrick, Pettis, Smith, Polian Inc.	1	25	61.90	61.90
26	Kaufmann Hall & Associates, Inc.	1	26	40.00	40.00
27	Kaplan Financial Consulting, Inc.	1	27	19.00	19.00
28	Crystal Financial Consultants, Inc.	1	28	9.10	9.10
29	North Country Financial Group	1	29	7.40	7.40
30	Hutchinson, Shockey, Erley & Co.	1	30	2.50	2.50
31	WM Financial Strategies	1	31	1.10	1.10
32	Harris Trust & Savings Bank	1	32	1.00	1.00
33	Municipal Services Corp	1	33	0.90	0.90
	Totals	206		$3,757.50
	Speer Financial, Inc.'s Percent of Total Volume	38.35%
	Source: Thomson Financial Securities Data Company Note: Full Credit to each Financial Advisor