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Prices of many tech stocks have gone way down this year, especially those that are losing money. Investors may have sold due to worries that money-losers will have trouble raising additional funds to keep growing in a time of uncertainty and rising interest rates.

Twilio has dropped as well, but it has strong recovery potential....

CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY $92.47, is a buy. The company (Toronto symbol CP; shares outstanding: 929.9 million; Market cap: $83.9 billion; Rating: Above Average; Dividend yield: 0.8%) has announced a new multi-year agreement with French giant CMA CGM Group, a leading global shipping and logistics firm.


The company will become CMA CGM’s primary rail provider in Canada, servicing the ports of Vancouver, Montreal and Saint John, New Brunswick.


CP’s access to the Port of Vancouver and Port of Montreal, combined with its strategic connection to Port Saint John via the New Brunswick Southern Railway, will let the company move the majority of CMA CGM’s freight from Canadian ports to key Canadian and U.S....

UPSTART HOLDINGS INC., $109.03, symbol UPST on Nasdaq, is a California-based artificial intelligence (AI) lending platform that aims to help its bank partners make better credit decisions resulting in more loans at lower risk. The company also operates Upstart Auto Retail, a platform that aims to help auto dealers close more sales.

Upstart’s platform connects consumers looking for loans with its network of Upstart AI-enabled bank partners....

A: Edwards Lifesciences, $110.46, symbol EW on New York (Shares outstanding: 624.3 million; Market cap: $69.4 billion; www.edwards.com), is focused on developing technologies and products that treat structural heart disease and critically ill patients.

The company operates in four segments: Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (66% of revenue), Surgical Structural Heart (17%), Critical Care (16%), and Transcatheter Mitral and Tricuspid (1%).

Medical-device supplier Baxter International (symbol BAX on New York) spun off Edwards Lifesciences in March 2000....

A: Portillo’s Inc., $26.98, symbol PTLO on Nasdaq, (Shares outstanding: 35.8 million; Market cap: $2.0 billion; www.portillos.com), is a Chicago-based restaurant chain that got its start in 1963 when founder Dick Portillo opened the restaurant “The Dog House” in a small trailer....

SHOPIFY INC., $1,110.40, is still a buy. The company (symbol SHOP on Toronto) offers merchants of all sizes Internet-based software to design, set up and manage e-commerce stores across multiple sales channels. The company also partners with others to handle digital payments and shipping.

Shopify announced this week a strategic cooperation agreement with JD.com Inc., China’s biggest online retailer....

Twilio benefited from increased demand during the pandemic. But its business model and leading-edge technology also set it up for longer-term success. We recommend this stock as a Power Buy.


TWILIO INC., $203.69, is a buy. The company (Nasdaq symbol TWLO; TSINetwork Rating: Extra Risk) (www.twilio.com; Shares outstanding: 168.4 million; Market cap: $37.0 billion; No dividends paid) offers a key service to software developers who create mobile apps....

Twilio Inc. lifted revenues 65.2% and subscriber numbers 15.4% in its most recent quarter as it continues growing with acquisitions and R&D spending.

CP Rail has been one of our favourite stocks over the past two decades. In fact, we made it the #1 Conservative Buy for our flagship newsletter The Successful Investor in 2019, 2020 and 2021. Our confidence has been rewarded: In the past three years, the stock has gained an impressive 88.9% compared to just 41.7% for the S&P/TSX Composite Index.

We feel CP’s merger with U.S.-based railway Kansas City Southern will push the stock even higher over the next few years.

While big takeovers like this always entail risk, the purchase will greatly extend CP’s reach in the U.S....

CROCS INC., $125.70, symbol CROX on Nasdaq, makes casual footwear for men, women, and children. It is best known for its molded shoes featuring Croslite, a non-toxic foam material that aims to give its footwear a soft, comfortable feel. Crocs have sold more than 720 million pairs of shoes in over 90 countries worldwide since its launch in 2002.

On December 23, 2021, the company announced the $2.5 billion acquisition of Heydude, a privately owned casual footwear brand based in Italy....