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Sammy Azzouz

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Sammy Azzouz, JD, CFP®, is president and CEO of Heritage Financial Services, based in Westwood, Massachusetts. He is also the author of The Boston Advisor blog (thebostonadvisor.com), which aims to help people who are serious about their finances take their money smarts to the next level.

Sammy has been a wealth manager helping high-net-worth clients achieve their financial and investment goals since 2000. Early in his career, Sammy worked as lead advisor at B&D Advisors, an investment advisory firm run by the estate planning group at the law firm of Bowditch & Dewey, where he drafted estate planning documents, conducted tax research, and worked closely with a robust trust department in addition to his financial planning and investment respo ...more

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Average rating: 4.53 · 19 ratings · 7 reviews · 2 distinct works

	Beyond the Basics: Maximizing, Allocating, and Protecting Your Capital 4.50 avg rating — 18 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Wednesday Reading List (6/17/26): Ceasefire, Fear & Greed, and Fixing Social Security

This Week’s Takeaways:The ceasefire has market bulls excited, pointing to the reduced recession risk coming from oil prices dropping, inflation improving overall, and the stock market rally broadening.Gold is tough to value and has historically generated its returns in short windows. If you want to own it, consider a fixed position in your portfolio versus trading it.Bull and bear markets don’t ch Read more of this blog post »

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A Place of Greater Safety

by Hilary Mantel

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The Prague Cemetery

by Umberto Eco

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The Second World War

by Antony Beevor

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Sammy said: " This is an excellent book about World War II. I have read others, notably the more famous book by John Keegan, and they pale in comparison. It is organized well, written well, and provides the right amount of detail. It is not an easy read at 783 pag ...more "

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