Markets After a Volatile Week, Inflation and Retail Earnings Watch, Starbucks and Activism 8/12/24

David Faber and Jim Cramer discussed a key week ahead for stocks, featuring inflation data along with retail earnings from the likes of Home Depot and Walmart. Can equity markets bounce back from a volatile week in which the S&P 500 and Nasdaq extended their weekly losing streaks to four? Also in focus: The latest activism news involving Starbucks, Nvidia bucking the chips' downtrend, Cramer talks food makers and obesity drugs, Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan comments on rate cuts, VP Harris vs. former Pres. Trump on Fed independence, Disney's theme park expansion projects. Squawk on the Street Disclaimer