Stress Test
Hosted by Rob Carrick and Roma and Rob · The Globe and Mail
4.8from 136 ratings
- 114
- Episodes
- 34
- Transcribed
- 136
- Ratings
- Monthly
- Cadence
- 2020
- First episode
- 19K
- YouTube views
About Stress Test
You had your best-laid plans and then COVID-19 came along and hammered the entire economy. But you’ve got this – if you have the right information. Join The Globe and Mail’s personal finance team, columnist Rob Carrick and editor Roma Luciw, as they guide you through one of the biggest stress tests your finances will ever face. If you’re between 20 and 40, this financial advice is for you.
- Publisher
- The Globe and Mail
- Category
- business · business · news
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 27 May 2020
- Latest episode
- 20 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
34 of 114 episodes have a transcript.
20 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Is 40 too old to buy your first home?
13 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Anger vs profit: Should you sell your U.S. stocks?
6 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Coming soon: Season thirteen of Stress Test
Inside a recent episode
Is 40 too old to buy your first home?
Published 20 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] But you have to be very, very strict on what you do with the difference of what you could have been spending on the house. So let's say you had a client who came to you 40 or over the age of 40 and said they're interested in buying a home for the first time. What would you say to them? What would you recommend to them? Yeah, so I take kind of like a four-step approach when we're talking about purchasing a home. I could ultimately call it like maybe the four-question stress test, right, for your podcast. First, what is this house for? so figuring out is this for stability are you looking at retirement planning in a way is this for kids schools lifestyle ultimately is this a need a want or a wish Two is when do you want work essentially to become optional when we're looking at this, especially as someone purchasing a home in their 40s, right? […]
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- Adam Jenkins
- Aravind Sithamparapillai
- Mike Comrie
- Sam Lichtman
- Shannon Lee Simmons
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- YouTube views
- 19,109
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 3.8 / 5
- 13 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.9 / 5
- 123 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 61 / 100
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- Quality
- 53
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 76
- Engagement
- 95
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Who hosts Stress Test?
Rob Carrick and Roma and Rob host the show. Published by The Globe and Mail.
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