Howard McEwen, CFA

So the snow is falling and you’re out buying your eggs, milk, and bread (french toast?) why not pick up some things for cocktails?

The one I’ve been playing with lately is the Rob Roy.

Dale Degroff says to make it this way.

2 oz scotch
1 oz sweet vermouth
a couple dashes Peychaud’s bitters

Good, but for me there’s something missing.  Maybe it’s the weather.  I only made one change and that was in the bitters.  I switched over to Reagan’s No. 6.  The citrus brightens the drink.  I like that on a snowy day in February.

Give it a try and let me know what you think.

Last night, we talked the problems Toyota is having and had a bit of fun.

Take a listen here and here.  Sorry for the two parts, but I can’t figure out how to load any file over 8 MB onto my website.

What’s the Bengal’s offering Hamilton County in the new stadium deal?

Hear my thoughts from yesterday’s Eddie & Tracy Show on 700-WLW.  Click here.

The Moscow Mule
1.5 oz vodka
4 oz ginger beer
a splash of lime juice

I’m not a big vodka drinker.  I don’t see the point in an ingrident that has no flavor, smell, or taste.  Vodka’s primary use is for keeping my razors in to keep them clean and from rusting and as a household cleaner.  However, in this recipe I give vodka a break.  It cuts down on the bit of the ginger beer and nothing else can really stand up to the ginger beer anyway…except Gosling’s Black Seal Rum…which makes a nice Dark “N Stormy.

Dark ‘N Stormy
1.5 oz Gosling (use no other) dark rum
4 oz ginger beer (I like Barritt’s, but any will do)
lime juice & garnish (your choice see below)

Everywhere I read this is a drink for a hot day, but I like it in the cold too.  Spicy and flavorful.  Dark and rich, but not cloyingly so.

Alicia likes this with lime juice because it tends to cut the sugary molasses-ish taste the rum brings and the bitterness of the beer, but like it sans lime.

The link to my appearance yesterday on Eddie and Tracy’s Show on 700-WLW is here.  Why did the market stumble last week?  What will this week bring?

As for what 2010 may bring…Here’s a link to my Dayton B2B magazine piece Guilde to Wealth Management 2010.

Take a listen.  Take a read.

On last night’s show we talked about this past week’s 5% market drop as well as way too many other topics.

Take a listen.  Since I can’t figure out how to upload a file to my website bigger than 8 megs here’s part one and part two.

Take care.

We talked what 2010 will bring economically and financially and the Moscow Mule (recipe here).

Give it a listen.  Part one & part two.  Total time of about 19 minutes.

“Ideology and demagogic leadership turned the lovers of Mozart into the builders of Auschwitz.”

It’s from this essay at the GLORIA Center.

Mike McConnell had me on his show today to talk about why banks supposedly aren’t lending.  This came up because of President Obama’s meeting Monday with several bankers.

You can listen to the podcast here.

They are lending….but not to just anyone wanting a loan.  The lesson of our times: good credit is gold.

Thanks to Mary Ann Mader Jones at Union Savings Bank in Northern Kentucky and Jacob G. for sharing their lending experiences with me.  If you need a loan or re-fi, give Mary Ann a call at 859-801-5536.