About Speer Financial

Financial Advisor Rankings:
Illinois Competitive Tax-Exempt Long-Term New Issues: 2005

	Financial Advisors	# of Issues	Rank Activity	Principal Amount (000,000)	Average Principal Amount (000,000)
1	Speer Financial, Inc.	117	1	$1,135.60	$9.71
2	Ehlers & Associates	27	2	189.50	7.02
3	Crowe-Norene LLC	18	3	91.10	5.06
4	Kane, McKenna Capital Inc.	16	4	236.10	14.76
5	John S. Vincent & Company (IL)	8	5	350.40	43.80
6	A.C. Advisory, Inc.	4	6	519.70	129.93
7	Scott Balice Strategies	4	6	1,270.00	317.50
8	Kirkpatrick Pettis	3	7	504.40	168.13
10	Mesirow Financial, Inc.	3	7	1,507.50	502.50
11	Northern Trust Company	3	7	61.40	20.47
12	Provident Capital LLC	3	7	9.90	3.30
13	Public Sector Group	3	7	250.80	83.60
14	WM Financial Strategies	3	7	17.70	5.90
15	First Midstate Inc	2	8	67.20	33.60
16	Gardner Underwood & Bacon	2	8	188.40	94.20
17	JP Morgan Securities Inc.	2	8	19.90	9.95
18	Kaufmann Hall & Associates, Inc.	2	8	318.80	159.40
19	Public Finance Resources, Ltd.	2	8	14.20	7.10
20	Robert W. Baird & Co. Incorporated	2	8	31.30	15.65
22	William Blair & Company	2	8	76.50	38.25
23	BN AMRO Incorporate	1	9	4.30	4.30
24	Citigroup	1	9	5.00	5.00
25	Crowe Chisek	1	9	0.30	0.30
26	DP Advisors	1	9	28.50	28.50
27	First Trust Portfolio	1	9	0.40	0.40
28	Kaplan Financial Consulting	1	9	13.90	13.90
29	Laubacher Company	1	9	6.40	6.40
30	Legg Mason Wood Walker Inc.	1	9	7.00	7.00
31	McDonald Partners Inc.	1	9	9.40	9.40
32	Ponder & Co.	1	9	226.40	226.40
33	Providental Capital Resources Corporation	1	9	1.00	1.00
34	Public Financial Management, Inc.	1	9	16.50	16.50
35	RBC Capital Markets	1	9	17.00	17.00
	Totals	239		$7,196.50	$30.11
	Speer Financial, Inc.'s Percent of Total Volume	48.95%
	Source: Thomson Financial Securities Data Company Note: Full Credit to each Financial Advisor