Lexington Times (March 2026)

A difficult moment in the world

As your financial planner, my responsibility is to help you understand what events like this may mean for your long‑term financial plan and importantly, what you should and shouldn’t do in times of global uncertainty.

Personal Tax Year-End Planning Guide

With ongoing changes to allowances, thresholds, and reliefs, proactive planning has never been more important. Taking action before the tax year-end can make a meaningful difference to your overall tax position and long-term financial strategy.

Standing at a Distance

Standing at a distance once meant physically walking away, but in today’s connected world, it requires something more deliberate.

THE STOCK MARKET (UPDATED March 2026)

The key benchmark you should care about is achieving all of your financial and life goals and not running out of money.

The Unimportant Numbers – 1 Month

Monthly figures are a distraction from your long-term goals, we’ll help you avoid the noise.

The Important Numbers – 30 Years

Investing in the Great Companies of the World has produced life-changing returns for the disciplined and patient investor.

RATIONAL OPTIMISM

The media is not a friend of the disciplined and patient investor. Whether it’s on TV, Print or Online, the media prefers to focus on short-term returns, market predictions, and negative news. Which is not suitable for a long-term investor.

Below are the stories, podcasts, and images which we wanted to share with you this month, which are uplifting, interesting and informative.

These links below will take you to articles on other websites.

Interesting News

We present the following as an antidote to the onslaught of negative news.

Further Reading

Here are some articles you may find interesting this month.

Listen & Watch

  • The Most Overrated Form of Capital
    Money is the loudest form of capital you have, but probably the least interesting.
  • The optimism bias.
    A neuroscientist explains why 80% of us are hardwired to expect things will turn out better than they do, and why that’s mostly a very good thing.



A Picture is worth 1000 Words