About Speer Financial

Financial Advisor Rankings:
Illinois Competitive Tax-Exempt Long-Term New Issues: 2004

	Financial Advisors	# of Issues	Rank Activity	Principal Amount (000,000)	Average Principal Amount (000,000)
1	Speer Financial, Inc.	124	1	$621.90	$5.02
2	Crowe-Norene LLC	36	2	450.90	12.53
3	Ehlers & Associates	25	3	128.20	5.13
4	A.C. Advisory, Inc.	14	4	925.10	66.08
5	Kane, McKenna Capital Inc.	14	4	71.20	5.09
6	Kirkpatrick Pettis	10	6	1,446.40	144.64
7	Public Finance Resources, Ltd.	7	7	60.40	8.63
8	John S. Vincent & Company (IL)	6	8	256.70	42.72
9	Columbia Capital Management	5	9	359.50	71.90
10	Kaufmann Hall & Associates, Inc.	5	9	205.70	41.14
11	Mesirow Financial, Inc.	4	11	850.00	212.50
12	Austin Meade Financial Ltd.	4	11	408.30	102.08
13	Gardner Underwood & Bacon	4	11	349.10	87.28
14	Public Financial Management, Inc.	4	11	185.30	46.33
15	Legg Mason Wood Walker Inc.	4	11	176.60	44.15
16	Scott Balice Strategies	2	16	583.20	291.60
17	Strategic Horizon Associates	2	16	175.20	87.60
18	Fullerton & Friar Inc.	2	16	160.40	80.20
19	DJ Walker Advisors LLC	2	16	76.60	38.30
20	D+G Consulting Group LLC (Chicago)	2	16	38.80	19.40
21	Kaplan Financial Consulting Inc.	2	16	13.60	6.80
22	Kathleen A. Thomas	2	16	2.30	1.15
23	Public Sector Group, Inc.	1	23	260.00	260.00
24	First Albany Capital Inc.	1	23	83.30	83.30
25	Ponder & Co.	1	23	46.50	46.50
26	JP Morgan Securities Inc.	1	23	41.00	41.00
27	Northern Trust Company	1	23	9.80	9.80
28	WM Financial Strategies	1	23	7.60	7.60
29	UBS Financial Services Inc.	1	23	4.50	4.50
30	Provident Capital Resources Corporation	1	23	3.00	3.00
31	Robert W. Baird & Co. Incorporated	1	23	2.60	2.60
	Totals	289		$8,003.30	$27.69
	Speer Financial, Inc.'s Percent of Total Volume	42.91%
	Source: Thomson Financial Securities Data Company Note: Full Credit to each Financial Advisor