Topic: How To Invest

The Successful Investor Hotline – Friday, November 24, 2017

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TRANSCANADA CORP., $63.48, Toronto symbol TRP, operates a 91,500-kilometre pipeline network that pumps natural gas from Alberta to eastern Canada and the U.S. Its other operations include 4,250 kilometers of crude oil pipelines and power plants in Canada and the U.S. This week, regulators in Nebraska approved a modified route for the company’s proposed Keystone XL pipeline. It would pump crude from Alberta to refineries on the U.S. Gulf Coast. TransCanada still needs to finalize some smaller permits before it can start construction. As well, it needs to secure shipping contracts from oil producers. Moreover, it will probably have to re-evaluate the $8 billion U.S. cost of the project (that estimate is several years old). To put that amount in context, TransCanada’s market cap (the total value of all outstanding shares) is $55.5 billion (Canadian). If TransCanada does proceed, Keystone XL could begin operating in late 2020. Meantime, the company continues to work on $24 billion worth of other projects. The additional cash flow…