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

	Financial Advisors	# of Issues	Rank Activity	Principal Amount (000,000)	Average Principal Amount (000,000)
1	Ehlers & Associates	225	1	$869.0
2	First Southwest Company	208	2	2,068.8
3	Springsted Incorporated	195	3	1,233.5
4	Evensen Dodge, Inc.	162	4	1,772.1
5	Fiscal Advisors & Marketing, Inc.	111	5	682.8
6	Public Financial Management	110	6	3,881.1
7	Dain Rauscher Incorporated	97	7	1,150.7
8	Southwest Securities Incorporated	92	8	687.5
9	Fleet Securities, Inc.	91	9	1,045.3
10	U.S. Bancorp Piper Jaffray Inc.	91	10	504.7
11	Bernard P. Donegan, Inc.	82	11	440.1
12	Stauder Barch & Associates	77	12	712.4
13	Speer Financial, Inc.	76	13	303.0	3.99
14	George K. Baum & Company, Inc.	62	14	314.2
15	Robert W. Baird & Co. Incorporated	60	15	218.4
16	Bendzinski & Company	58	16	208.1
17	Stephens Inc.	53	17	294.8
18	New York Municipal Advisors Corp	50	18	337.2
19	Ross, Sinclaire & Associates, Inc.	49	19	341.6
20	Kelling, Northcross & Nobriga	44	20	702.5
21	Munistat Services, Inc.	36	21	288.0
22	JJB Hilliard, WL Lyons, Inc.	36	22	286.0
23	Fiscal Services Inc.	35	23	232.3
24	Estrada Hinojosa & Company Inc.	28	24	412.8
25	UniBank Fiscal Advisory Services	27	25	216.3
26	Public Resources Advisry Group	26	26	4,875.4
27	Dale Scott & Company, Inc.	26	27	211.1
28	Howarth & Associates	25	28	848.2
29	William R. Hough & Co.	17	29	403.5
30	Seattle-Northwest Securities Group	15	30	1,124.3
31	A.G. Edwards & Sons, Inc.	15	31	421.2
32	Regional Financial Advisors, Inc.	11	32	234.6
33	Stiefel, Nicolaus & Company, Inc	11	33	233.2
34	BB&T Capital Markets	10	34	503.3
35	Arimax Dinancial Advisors	10	35	489.2
36	Montague DeRose & Associates	9	36	1,056.0
37	Municipal Advisory Partners	9	37	542.3
38	Davenport & Company LLC	9	38	302.8
39	Commerce Capital Markets	8	39	369.3
40	Tucker Anthony Sutro	7	40	556.7
41	Hobbs Ong & Associates	6	41	393.8
42	Municipal Capital Management	6	42	247.2
43	Whelan Financial Group Inc.	5	43	205.5
44	Lazard Freres & Co.	4	44	488.2
45	Siebert Brandford Shank & Co.	4	45	488.2
46	Fidelity Financial Services	4	46	369.0
47	Government Financial Associates, Inc.	3	47	463.2
48	Fairmont Capital Advisors	1	48	450.0
49	Public Sector Group, Inc.	1	49	260.0
50	National City Bank	1	50	252.0
	Totals	2,398		$34,991.4
	Source: Thomson Financial Securities Data Company Note: Full Credit to each Financial Advisor