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George Weston is a holding company that controls a 53% stake in retailer Loblaw and a 62% stake in Choice Properties, a real estate investment trust. Loblaw boasts the largest retail footprint across Canada with 2,500 food retail and pharmacy stores under banners such as Loblaw, No-Frills, Maxi, and Shoppers Drug Mart. Meanwhile, open-ended Choice Properties REIT owns and manages over 700 commercial and residential properties in Canada, generating roughly 60% of its gross rental revenue from its largest tenant Loblaw. Previously, George Weston sold its wholly owned bakery Weston Foods in 2022. The firm is controlled by the Weston family, which owns a 65% stake.

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Harley-Davidson shares are trading lower following a Q4 earnings miss.

Timken Sees 2025 Adjusted EPS Of $5.30 - $5.80, Est $6.32; Revenue To Decline 4% To 1% In Total YoY, Including Unfavorable Foreign Currency Translation

Harley-Davidson Sees Full-Year HDMC Revenue Flat To Down 5%, Operating Income Margin 7.0%-8.0%, Sees Full-Year Diluted EPS Flat To Down 5%

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Harley-Davidson Q4 HDMC Revenue $420.489M

Timken (NYSE:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/TKR#NYSE">TKR</a>) reported quarterly earnings of $1.16 per share which beat the analyst consensus estimate of $0.99 by 17.17 percent. This is a 15.33 percent decrease over earnings of $1.37 per share from the same period last year. The company reported quarterly sales of $1.07 billion which met the analyst consensus estimate. This is a 1.65 percent decrease over sales of $1.09 billion the same period last year.

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Timken Q4 2024 Adj EPS $1.16 Beats $0.99 Estimate, Sales $1.073B Beats $1.067B Estimate

On Tuesday, February 4, U.S. markets closed higher, driven by energy sector gains, as optimism grew over a potential U.S.-China trade breakthrough. Trump delayed Mexico-Canada tariffs but imposed new levies on China, prompting retaliation. Strong corporate earnings lifted sentiment, with <a target="_blank" href="https://www.benzinga.com/news/earnings/earnings-beats/25/02/43468342/palantir-rockets-on-strong-q4-2024-was-only-a-dress-rehearsal-for-ai-growth-says-analyst" rel="noreferrer noopener">Palantir surging 24%.</a> Fed officials warned of inflation risks from tariffs, while job openings missed expectations.
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In economic data, U.S. job openings fell by 556,000 to 7.6 million in December, missing estimates of 8.0 million. Factory orders dropped 0.9% to $578.5 billion, following a revised 0.8% decline in November.
Most S&amp;P 500 sectors ended higher, led by energy, tech, and communication services, while utilities and consumer staples declined.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 0.30% and closed at 44,556.04, the S&amp;P 500 closed higher by 0.72% at 6,037.88, and the Nasdaq Composite rose 1.35% to finish at 19,654.02.
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<li>On Wednesday, Japan&#8217;s Nikkei 225 closed higher by 0.08% at 38,809.00, led by gains in the Textile, Marine Transport, and Services sectors.</li>
<li>Australia&#8217;s S&amp;P/ASX 200 gained 0.51% at 8,416.90, led by gains in the Gold, Metals &amp; Mining and Resources sectors.</li>
<li>India's Nifty 50 closed lower by 0.23% at 23,685.10, while Nifty 500 rose 0.22% closing at 21,776.00,</li>
<li>China&#8217;s Shanghai Composite fell 0.63% and closed at 3,229.49; Shanghai Shenzhen CSI 300 was down 0.56% at 3,795.08.</li>
<li>Hong Kong&#8217;s Hang Seng closed the session lower by 0.93% at 20,597.09.</li>
<li>Chinese markets fell as U.S.-China trade tensions escalated, with Shanghai and Hong Kong indexes declining. China announced retaliatory tariffs on U.S. goods, effective February 10, 2025.</li>
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Eurozone at 05:30 AM ET
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<li>The European STOXX 50 was down 0.22%.</li>
<li>Germany&#8217;s DAX fell 0.24%.</li>
<li>France&#8217;s CAC declined 0.25%.</li>
<li>U.K.&#8217;s FTSE index 100 traded lower by 0.01%.</li>
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Commodities at 05:30 AM ET
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<li>Crude Oil WTI was trading lower by 0.85% at $72.05/bbl, and Brent was down 0.88% at $75.53/bbl.</li>
<li>Oil prices declined as rising U.S. stockpiles and escalating trade tensions with China fueled economic growth concerns, countering Trump&#8217;s efforts to restrict Iranian crude exports.</li>
<li>Natural Gas declined 1.35% to $3.210.</li>
<li>Gold was trading higher by 0.55% at $2,891.46, Silver was down 0.16% to $32.965, and Copper rose 0.32% to $4.3680.</li>
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U.S. Futures at 05:30 AM ET
Dow futures were down 0.20%, S&amp;P 500 futures declined 0.56% and Nasdaq 100 futures slid 0.95%.
Forex at 05:30 AM ET
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<li>The U.S. dollar index declined 0.54% to 107.42, the USD/JPY fell 1.11% to 152.64, and the USD/AUD fell 0.49% to 1.5907.</li>
<li>The yuan weakened as U.S.-China trade tensions hit markets, while the yen surged on expectations of Bank of Japan rate hikes. The dollar fell against major currencies, with traders watching China&#8217;s response to tariffs and potential U.S. negotiations. Japan&#8217;s strong wage data fueled further yen gains.</li>
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Canaccord Genuity analyst Maria Ripps maintains Spotify Technology (NYSE:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/SPOT#NYSE">SPOT</a>) with a Buy and raises the price target from $650 to $700.

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Canaccord Genuity Maintains Buy on Spotify Technology, Raises Price Target to $700

META REVERSES EARLY WEAKNESS AT TIME OF ALERT 
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Meta Platforms, Inc. (META) today experienced a Power Inflow, a significant event for those who follow where smart money goes and value order flow analytics in their trading decisions. 
Today, at 10:10 AM on February 4th, a significant trading signal occurred for Meta Platforms, Inc. (META) as it demonstrated a Power Inflow at a price of $696.21. This indicator is crucial for traders who want to know directionally where institutions and so-called "smart money" moves in the market. They see the value of utilizing order flow analytics to guide their trading decisions. The Power Inflow points to a possible uptrend in Meta&#8217;s stock, marking a potential entry point for traders looking to capitalize on the expected upward movement. Traders with this signal closely watch for sustained momentum in Meta&#8217;s stock price, interpreting this event as a bullish sign.
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Order flow analytics, aka transaction or market flow analysis, separate and study both the retail and institutional volume rate of orders (flow). It involves analyzing the flow of buy and sell orders, along with size, timing, and other associated characteristics and patterns, to gain insights and make more informed trading decisions. This particular indicator is interpreted as a bullish signal by active traders.&nbsp;
The Power Inflow occurs within the first two hours of the market open and generally signals the trend that helps gauge the stock&#8217;s overall direction, powered by institutional activity in the stock, for the remainder of the day.&nbsp;
By incorporating order flow analytics into their trading strategies, market participants can better interpret market conditions, identify trading opportunities, and potentially improve their trading performance. But let's not forget that while watching smart money flow can provide valuable insights, it is crucial to incorporate effective risk management strategies to protect capital and mitigate potential losses. Employing a consistent and effective risk management plan helps traders navigate the uncertainties of the market in a more controlled and calculated manner, increasing the likelihood of long-term success
If you want to stay updated on the latest options trades for META, <a href="https://benzinga.grsm.io/register174">Benzinga Pro</a> gives you real-time options trades alerts. 
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After Market Close UPDATE:
The price at the time of the Power Inflow was $696.21. The returns on the High price ($707.71) and Close price ($704.18) after the Power Inflow were respectively 1.7% and 1.2%. That is why it is important to have a trading plan that includes Profit Targets and Stop Losses that reflect your risk appetite. In this case the high of the day and close were very close but that is not always the case
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TRADEPULSE POWER INFLOW ALERT: META PLATFORMS INC.,META, MOVES UP OVER 1.5 % AFTER ALERT FROM TRADEPULSE.

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Harley-Davidson Q4 2024 GAAP EPS $(0.93) Misses $(0.67) Estimate

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Capri Holdings shares are trading lower after the company reported worse-than-expected Q3 financial results and FY25, FY26 outlook.

Canaccord Genuity analyst Richard Close maintains Premier (NASDAQ:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/PINC#NASDAQ">PINC</a>) with a Hold and lowers the price target from $21 to $19.

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Canaccord Genuity Maintains Hold on Premier, Lowers Price Target to $19

Vestas Wind Systems (OTC:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/VWDRY#OTC">VWDRY</a>) announced its Q4 earnings on Wednesday, February 5, 2025 at 03:00 AM.
Here's a breakdown of the earnings report.
<h3>Earnings</h3>
Vestas Wind Systems beat estimated earnings by 31.0%, reporting an EPS of $0.21 versus an estimate of $0.16.
Revenue was up $1.42 billion from the same period last year.
<h3>Analysis of Past Earnings</h3>
In the previous quarter, the company missed on EPS by $0.03, resulting in a 14.000000000000002% drop change in the share price the following day.

To track all earnings releases for Vestas Wind Systems <a href="https://www.benzinga.com/quote/VWDRY/earnings">visit their earnings calendar here.</a> 
This article was generated by Benzinga's automated content engine and reviewed by an editor.

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Fiscal Year 2026 Outlook
For Capri Holdings, the Company expects the following:
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<li>Total revenue of approximately $4.1 billion, including a negative impact of approximately $100 million from foreign currency</li>
<li>Adjusted operating income of approximately $150 million</li>
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For Versace, the Company expects the following:
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<li>Total revenue of approximately $800 million, including a negative impact of approximately $25 million from foreign currency</li>
<li>Operating margin of approximately break-even</li>
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For Jimmy Choo, the Company expects the following:
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<li>Total revenue of approximately $550 million, including a negative impact of approximately $15 million from foreign currency</li>
<li>Operating margin slightly negative</li>
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For Michael Kors, the Company expects the following:
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<li>Total revenue of approximately $2.75 billion, including a negative impact of approximately $60 million from foreign currency</li>
<li>Operating margin in the low-double-digit range</li>
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Capri Holdings Sees FY26 Revenue Of $4.10B Vs. $4.52B Estimate

Canaccord Genuity analyst Susan Anderson maintains Estee Lauder Cos (NYSE:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/EL#NYSE">EL</a>) with a Hold and lowers the price target from $76 to $70.

Canaccord Genuity Maintains Hold on Estee Lauder Cos, Lowers Price Target to $70

Fiscal Year 2025 Outlook
For Capri Holdings, the Company expects the following:
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<li>Total revenue of approximately $4.4 billion, including a negative impact of approximately $40 million from foreign currency</li>
<li>Adjusted operating income of approximately $100 million</li>
<li>Ending inventory to be below prior year</li>
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For Versace, the Company expects the following:
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<li>Total revenue of approximately $810 million, including a negative impact of approximately $10 million from foreign currency</li>
<li>Operating margin in the negative high-single-digit range</li>
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For Jimmy Choo, the Company expects the following:
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<li>Total revenue of approximately $600 million, including a negative impact of approximately $5 million from foreign currency</li>
<li>Operating margin in the negative low-single-digit range</li>
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For Michael Kors, the Company expects the following:
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<li>Total revenue of approximately $3.0 billion, including a negative impact of approximately $25 million from foreign currency</li>
<li>Operating margin in the low-double-digit range</li>
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Capri Holdings Sees FY25 Revenue Of $4.40B Vs. $4.51B Estimate

President Donald Trump is ushering in the age of Bitcoin and crypto with his support of a Bitcoin Reserve Act, which will likely make its way through the Senate during the President&#8217;s second term. Meanwhile, Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman Gary Gensler, who actively prosecuted crypto projects as unregistered securities, is no longer in charge of the SEC.
The crypto sector has already seen the benefits of a Trump Presidency. Indeed, Trump&#8217;s election caused Bitcoin's price to skyrocket by more than 40 percent in the aftermath of his US presidential election victory. The crypto optimism hails in part from Trump campaign trail promises to establish a Bitcoin Reserve. Republican Senator Cynthia Lummis, from Wyoming, introduced the Bitcoin Reserve Act, which would direct the US Treasury to sell gold certificates, buy Bitcoin, and hold it for twenty years.
Trump has also generally embraced crypto. Both Trump and his wife, First Lady Melania Trump, have launched their own NFTs, and the Trump family have put their name on World Liberty Financial (WLF), a decentralized finance (DeFi) platform based around borrowing and lending, with a particular emphasis on stablecoins. Bitcoin Reserve Under Trump 
It's easy to see how a Bitcoin Reserve would benefit most Americans, and Trump knows it. The national debt, after all, has reached $36 trillion, an unsustainable level. The interest rates on that debt have topped $1 trillion. An increase in the price of Bitcoin could help pay down that debt. 
Getting Americans used to the idea of holding Bitcoin could benefit them, as well. After all, any individual can hold millions of dollars worth of Bitcoin on their person. Furthermore, Bitcoin is semi-anonymous. Wallets are identifiable only through a public 27-34 character alphanumeric key. It's an asset one holds and secures with a seed phrase. Investors already use Bitcoin as a means of diversification away from stocks and bonds.&nbsp;
Moreover, Bitcoin is 24/7 and precludes the need for banks or Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDC). By opting to go digital via the private sector, Trump could ensure the nation avoids the pitfalls of a centrally controlled CBDC.
What's more, the world's view—in particular politicians and regulators—about Bitcoin has radically changed over the past decade, especially since the COVID-19 pandemic. That caused a paradigm shift, especially as inflation ravaged consumer's wallets.
The whole entire world has come to see Bitcoin as an asset, not as a currency. This has nullified the concern that Bitcoin could undermine fiat currency. Bitcoin is in competition with gold more than it is with the US Dollar. After all, its claims to being a peer-to-peer electronic cash as described by Satoshi have fallen to the wayside, and its long been seen more as a digital gold.&nbsp;
Major institutions are predicting Bitcoin will climb to eight figures. VanEck believes Bitcoin will go to $52 million by the 2040s. Their base case is $2.9 million.&nbsp;
The price growth only encourages people to hold Bitcoin and hold Bitcoin tightly. It&#8217;s no longer seen as an internet currency. El Salvador was the only country on earth where businesses had to accept it as a payment, though President Nayib Bukele recently changed the law at the behest of the International Monetary Fund (IMF). It is still holding Bitcoin as a reserve asset, however.
Traditional financial assets are connected to cash flows like interest or dividends. Since it is an inelastic asset, higher prices do not expand the Bitcoin supply from 21 million. Nearly 20 million have already been mined. Therefore, bitcoiners know what a government Bitcoin Reserve means for the price of Bitcoin.&nbsp;
The Bitcoin Reserve Act requires the government to buy one million bitcoin over five years and then hold it for twenty years alongside bitcoin confiscated by law enforcement during the course of criminal investigations.&nbsp;
The prospect of this bill alone, as well as Trump's positive attitude towards Bitcoin, is already causing a run to Bitcoin as institutional investors try to beat the government to the punch.&nbsp;
The bill requires the government to purchase one million Bitcoin over five years, and then hold it for at least 20 years, along with Bitcoin already confiscated from criminal enterprises. If enacted, this would undoubtedly send the price soaring, as investors piled in to get ahead of the government's purchases.
What About Those Who Don't Hold Any Bitcoin?
How does a Bitcoin Reserve benefit the people in the United States who do not own Bitcoin? It benefits them because Bitcoin is the exit strategy from a fiat-based world of fractional reserve banking with its risk of bank runs, moral hazard, unequal wealth distribution, central bank dependence, inflation, and more.
Amid sky high national debt, the holding of Bitcoin by the US government could protect the nation's debt rating from downgrade in a manner similar to how El Salvador's credit rating has been increased since it began to purchase Bitcoin and pay down and refinance its debt.&nbsp;
Under the Bitcoin Reserve Act, the Treasury would not have to borrow and drive up the cost to service the debt, nor would the Federal Reserve have to create money and cause inflation. The Bitcoin Reserve Act instead proposes selling gold certificates.&nbsp;
The Trump administration will likely work on a set of laws and regulations to make the industry feel safe operating in the US.&nbsp;
A lot is going right for Bitcoin and crypto at the current moment. On the campaign trail, Trump said he would work on stablecoin regulation, as well, such as defining them legislatively whether they are currencies or securities. Under SEC Chair Gary Gensler, the Agency would have perhaps categorized them as securities. 
This was at least a worry among many crypto advocates. Under Trump's appointment to the SEC, the likelihood that stablecoins would be classified as a currency, and not as a security, has potentially increased. That would mean individuals can hold them in a similar fashion to how they hold fiat currency in their wallets.
Crypto could make the financial system less expensive and easier to use for asset trading, remittances, and more. After years of regulatory uncertainty, it looks like Trump will be the one to put the guardrails in. His light approach to regulation makes it seem like a golden age for Bitcoin and crypto is settling in upon the land. And, since the US has so much influence globally as world reserve currency, the effects will be felt globally.

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Evercore (NYSE:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/EVR#NYSE">EVR</a>) reported quarterly earnings of $3.41 per share which beat the analyst consensus estimate of $2.85 by 19.65 percent. This is a 68.81 percent increase over earnings of $2.02 per share from the same period last year. The company reported quarterly sales of $980.50 million which beat the analyst consensus estimate of $885.07 million by 10.78 percent. This is a 24.06 percent increase over sales of $790.33 million the same period last year.

Evercore Q4 Adj EPS $3.41 Beats $2.85 Estimate, Sales $980.50M Beat $885.07M Estimate

Canaccord Genuity analyst William Plovanic maintains CVRx (NASDAQ:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/CVRX#NASDAQ">CVRX</a>) with a Buy and raises the price target from $22 to $23.

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Canaccord Genuity Maintains Buy on CVRx, Raises Price Target to $23

Walt Disney Q1 2025 Disney+ Subscribers 125M

Capri Holdings (NYSE:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/CPRI#NYSE">CPRI</a>) reported quarterly earnings of $0.45 per share which missed the analyst consensus estimate of $0.66 by 31.82 percent. This is a 62.5 percent decrease over earnings of $1.20 per share from the same period last year. The company reported quarterly sales of $1.26 billion which met the analyst consensus estimate. This is a 11.63 percent decrease over sales of $1.43 billion the same period last year.

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