9AM Hour: Microsoft Soars, Meta Tumbles, Starbucks and Arm CEOs 7/30/26

One day after the sell-off sparked by Fed Chairman Warsh's comments at his post-Fed rate decision news conference, Carl Quintanilla, Jim Cramer and David Faber explored mega-tech earnings and the AI trade: Microsoft shares soared and Meta shares tumbled in reaction to their respective quarterly results and AI spending guidance. Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol joined the program to discuss higher sales and upbeat guidance that lifted the stock. Arm Holdings CEO Rene Haas spoke about the company's AI-fueled results that boosted the stock. Also in focus: Sources tell David that AI investor Leopold Aschenbrenner's hedge fund unwound all of its public stock positions due to steep losses; Earnings winners and losers; Jersey Mike's goes public. Squawk on the Street Disclaimer