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Canadian Pacific Kansas City Ltd. (CPKC) formerly CP Rail—is a long-time buy recommendation of ours and we love the stock even more since its massive Kansas City Southern Railway merger was completed.
WSP GLOBAL INC., $276.64, symbol WSP on Toronto, is a professional services consulting firm. It employs about 72,600 people, mainly engineers, technicians, scientists, environmental specialists, planners, and architects. The company is headquartered in Montreal and has over 531 offices in 50 countries.

WSP’s recently completed or ongoing major projects are varied....
Top defensive pick Cintas Corp. has gained 21.5% this year while the S&P 500 is up just 2.0% thanks to strong, consistent revenue and earnings growth.
Share splits don’t fundamentally alter the value of a company or its stock,even if they have a fleeting impact on stock marketing trading. After a conventional stock split, good news often follows.
FASTENAL COMPANY, $78.60, symbol FAST on Nasdaq, is a leading wholesale distributor of industrial and construction supplies. It draws almost all its clients from the construction and manufacturing industries.

Those construction customers include general, electrical, plumbing, sheet-metal, and road contractors....
Alimentation Couche-Tard’s 25% dividend hike came before its sales slip in the quarter, although an earnings jump and a stock split increase its appeal for investors.

Walmart’s U.S. stores get about a third of their merchandise from China, Mexico and other countries. However, the company’s large size should make it easier to re-negotiate costs with its suppliers to offset the impact of new U.S. tariffs. Meantime, Walmart’s ongoing investments in its online and advertising businesses will take its earnings higher over the next few years.


WALMART INC....
KYNDRYL HOLDINGS INC., $31.32, New York symbol KD, is still a hold.

The company took its current form in November 2021 when International Business Machines Corp. (New York symbol IBM) spun off its legacy business of helping corporate and government clients manage their datacentres....
CIBC recently announced that Victor Dodig will step down as CEO in October 2025. His replacement, Harry Culham, currently heads the bank’s capital markets division.


We expect the new CEO will continue to focus on cutting non-interest costs, which will help the bank offset any negative impact on loan demand and repayments due to U.S....
Blue chip stocks paying a dividend are typically good stocks to buy because that provides you with tangible proof of their investment quality