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With the fourth quarter earnings season now complete, we take a look at the fourth quarter earnings performances of the Dow stocks.

While Costco appears to be seeing improvement in their operating margins, we feel that severe weather that blanketed much of the nation over the last few weeks could limit any upside surprise.

Low interest rates and improving consumer sentiment appear to be drawing customers back to the HD stores.

Strength within their Frito-Lay division along with currency benefits should lift Pepsi’s fourth quarter results.

Coca Cola is expected to report another solid quarter driven by improving consumer sentiment.

Cisco Systems is expected to report their third consecutive quarter of sequential revenue growth driven by a recovery in corporate IT spending.

Pfizer has consistently underperformed the broader market indexes over the last several years, but finally looks poised to change that trend.

Following strong earnings results by IBM and Intel, Wall Street appears to be increasingly confident that Microsoft will also deliver better than expected quarterly results.

Netflix continues to offer one of the more compelling growth stories in the market today with revenue growth rates that are accelerating.

Amazon has established itself as the face of ecommerce and has delivered impressive growth despite the severe economic recession.