Three top picks to spur 2023 returns

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Here are your top picks for new buying in 2023, and once again we’ve selected three stocks from our TSI Portfolios (Conservative, Aggressive and Income). Each of the three is a leader in its markets, which helps cut your risk if the economy weakens. Savvy acquisitions and new investments in their respective businesses also provide many more years of rising profits beyond 2023. What’s more, all three stocks trade at attractive multiples to their projected earnings. CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY LTD. $104 is your #1 Conservative Buy for 2023. The company (Toronto symbol CP; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 929.6 million; Market cap: $96.7 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 10.9; Dividend yield: 0.7%; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; www.cpr.ca) transports freight over a 23,700-kilometre rail network in Canada as well as the U.S. Midwest and Northeast. This is the fifth year in a row we’ve picked CP as our #1 Conservative Buy. The stock continues to rebound from its pandemic-induced lows in 2020, and it hit…