"I heard about Mike at a baseball game. One of my friend’s girlfriends was talking to me about the financial advisor her and my friend were seeing to get their finances in order. She said "Mike Larocque" and I though right away, "great, he will be French and I’ll be able to communicate in French with him", then I asked my friend; “Why, are you talking to a financial advisor? We really don’t make that much money and is he really interested in helping you?” He said; “Mike is great and I really like talking with him”. I took his name and number and called him the following week. My initial call with Mike was very good, even though he didn’t speak French. I felt that he was open to helping me with my little saving opportunity. My friend described Mike as GREAT but I would describe Mike as FABULOUS, UNDERSTANDING, COMMITTED and above all else, he is there to help you regardless if you have only $50 dollars to invest in your future, or a lot more. Here is why I chose Mike to be my financial advisor, and I have had nothing but success in building my savings and my family’s savings. Mike took me on a hard journey the first time we meet. We sat down and we did a full review of everything I paid and what I saved. At the time, I was only saving $50 a month which I was putting in a RRSP as per my father. During, this session Mike spoke with me and helped me decide where I can really focus on reducing my expenses and start saving more towards my retirement and my goals. My father always said to save a little for a raining day but Mike got me saving $500 a month which was great. We also talked about a few long term goals like retiring at age 55, taking 2 trips a year for vacation and other personal goals. We built this all into my plan and then I went to work to implement this amazing plan that would help me accomplish all my dreams. One of the biggest things that Mike was good at was listening to the changes that were happening in my life and helping me tweak things has needed. Over the years I got married, bought a house, had to take over POA for my father, had a baby and also had many changes over my working career. Mike was always there to answer my questions and concerns and he helped me tremendously each time I changed jobs, and especially when my dad had a stroke and I had to take over as POA. This was extremely nerve racking for me since I didn’t want to lose any of my father’s savings and I needed to ensure that he would be taken care of for the long term in the most respectful way. Mike was always reminding me that “now you are making decision based on what you believe your dad would want”. In such a difficult time Mike was there to lend a hand and to make sure that I was thinking like my dad. All that being said; Mike is also a great manager, over the years I have had to deal with Mike and his team and he has built a fantastic team. When Mike is not available his team is, but most especially Dorianna, she is always there to help me out when I have a quick question. I hope you take the time to speak with Mike Larocque since I know you will not be disappointed."