About Speer Financial

Financial Advisor Rankings:
Illinois Competitive Tax-Exempt Long-Term New Issues: 2007

	Financial Advisors	# of Issues	Rank Activity	Principal Amount (000,000)	Average Principal Amount (000,000)
1	Speer Financial, Inc.	74	1	$696.0	$9.41
2	Scott Balice Strategies	45	2	1,451.3	32.25
3	DA Davidson & Co.	44	3	1,513.0	34.39
4	Ehlers & Associates	19	4	374.0	19.68
5	Crowe Chizek	19	5	86.6	4.56
6	PMA Securities Inc.	18	6	338.5	18.81
7	Kaufmann Hall & Associates, Inc.	6	7	857.8	142.97
8	Kane, McKenna Capital Inc.	6	8	37.8	6.30
9	William Blair & Company	5	9	254.7	50.94
10	Mesirow Financial, Inc.	4	10	786.0	196.50
11	A.C. Advisory	4	11	706.2	176.55
12	Public Finance Resources, Ltd.	4	12	8.7	2.18
13	McDonald Partners Inc.	3	13	930.6	310.20
14	Public Financial Management, Inc.	3	14	204.7	68.23
15	Hutchinson, Shockey Erley & Co.	3	15	203.5	67.83
16	Crystal Financial Consultant, Inc.	3	16	11.5	3.83
17	Kaplan Financial Consulting Inc.	2	17	199.5	99.75
18	First Midstate Inc.	2	18	75.8	37.90
19	John S. Vincent & Company (IL)	2	19	61.6	30.80
20	Ponder & Co	2	20	57.5	28.75
21	Austin Meade Financial Ltd.	2	21	29.0	14.50
22	Municipal Finance Consulting Services, Inc.	2	22	2.7	1.35
23	Warren Associates	2	23	2.7	1.35
24	Johnson Research Group	1	24	178.0	178.00
25	RBC Capital Markets (Charter One)	1	25	27.6	27.60
26	Robert W. Baird & Co. Incorporated	1	26	18.9	18.90
27	JP Morgan Securities Inc.	1	27	10.0	10.00
28	WM Financial Strategies	1	28	9.7	9.70
29	Oppenheimer & Co	1	29	9.3	9.30
30	Leisure Time Consulting	1	30	8.5	8.50
31	Ring McAfee & Co	1	31	5.7	5.70
32	Whitman Securities Inc	1	32	3.3	3.30
33	Provident Capital Resources Corporation	1	33	1.9	1.90
34	Griffin Kubik Stephens & Thompson	1	34	1.6	1.60
	Totals	285		$9,164.20	$32.16
	Speer Financial, Inc.'s Percent of Total Volume	25.96%
	Source: Thomson Financial Securities Data Company Note: Full Credit to each Financial Advisor