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A: Hyperfine Inc., $1.34, symbol HYPR on Nasdaq (Shares outstanding: 70.7 million; Market cap: $99.5 million; www.hyperfine.io) is a medical device company based in Guilford, Connecticut.

Hypefine designed its Swoop portable MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) system to be wheeled directly to a patient’s bedside....
This is the fifth year in a row that we’ve selected CP Rail–now Canadian Pacific Kansas City Ltd.—as your #1 Conservative Buy. In fact, over that time, the stock has gained close to 130% compared to just 28% for the S&P/TSX Composite Index.


CP recently completed its purchase of U.S.-based railway Kansas City Southern....
TECK RESOURCES LTD., $63.11, Toronto symbol TECK.B, remains a buy for investors seeking long-term gains from the Resources sector of their portfolio.

The company has cancelled its plan to spin off its metallurgical coal (a key ingredient in steelmaking) operations as a separate firm.

That’s due to difficulty securing the required two-thirds approval of the class B shareholders (1 vote per share), particularly as Switzerland-based mining firm Glencore plc (Over-the-counter Pink Sheets symbol GLCNF) has offered to acquire the company for about $23 billion U.S....
TRITON INTERNATIONAL LTD., $82.96, symbol TRTN on New York, is the world’s largest owner and lessor of intermodal containers. It owns more than 7 million 20-foot equivalents (TEUs), and those shipping containers are used by some of the world’s largest shipping companies....
Telus has largely completed its multi-year plan to upgrade its wireless networks to handle 5G signals; those signals are much faster than current 4G (LTE) systems. The company has also upgraded most of its copper-line networks to fibre-optic cable.


Together, these improvements will help Telus compete with other telecoms, particularly now that Rogers’ merger with Calgary-based Shaw Communications expands its presence in Western Canada, Telus’s home market.


We feel the company will continue to add customers and increase its cash flow....
ATS CORP., $51.84, symbol ATS on Toronto, (formerly ATS Automation Tooling Systems)provides some of the world’s top manufacturers with factory automation solutions, including contract manufacturing. Founded in 1978, it has 50 manufacturing facilities and 75 offices in North America, Europe, and Asia.

On March 28, 2023, ATS announced that it would acquire Triad Unlimited LLC, a U.S.-based reliability engineering service provider for North American and European markets....
Fertilizer prices remain volatile as world markets adjust to global sanctions on Russia and Belarus (major exporters of potash) following the invasion of Ukraine.


Despite the current uncertainty, Nutrien remains a great way for investors to profit from the long-term need for more and better food....
Gen Digital is the new name for NortonLifeLock, one of our long-time tech favourites. The company changed its name to Gen Digital following its 2022 acquisition of European cybersecurity firm Avast plc for $8.1 billion.

Growth by acquisition adds risk—especially with a purchase as big as Avast....
CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY LTD., $106.14, Toronto symbol CP, is your #1 Conservative Buy for 2023.

The company has received approval from the U.S. Surface Transportation Board for its acquisition of U.S.-based railway Kansas City Southern (KCS).

CP originally completed acquisition in December 2021....
Oil and gas stocks have moved up as the U.S. and other economies recover. The war in Ukraine has also spurred prices. We recommend that most investors maintain exposure to the oil and gas industry as part of a balanced portfolio. But to cut risk, you should focus on producers with positive cash flow even at low energy prices....