Topic: How To Invest

The Successful Investor Hotline – Friday, July 7, 2023

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CANADIAN PACIFIC KANSAS CITY LTD., $104.03, Toronto symbol CP, is your #1 Conservative Buy for 2023. The company took its current form on April 14, 2023, when Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. completed its acquisition of U.S.-based railway Kansas City Southern. CP paid $31 billion U.S. in cash and shares for KCS. CP investors own 72% of the merged company, with KCS shareholders holding the remaining 28%. The new CPKC ships freight over a 32,190-kilometre rail network. That line runs mainly between Montreal and Vancouver, with links to hubs in the U.S. Midwest and Northeast. With the addition of KCS, the new company also connects with important hubs and ports on the U.S. Gulf Coast and in Mexico. Due to a strike by over 7,400 workers at 30 ports in B.C., CPKC has stopped certain shipments through the port of Vancouver. A long strike seems unlikely, as the federal government would probably pass back-to-work legislation to prevent serious harm to the Canadian economy. Meantime, CPKC expects the merger…