Analyst Identifies Strong-Buy Stocks With Short-Interest

Steven Cress, Head of Quantitative Strategies at Seeking Alpha, identifies five Strong Buy stocks that pair elevated short interest with solid fundamentals, positioning them for potential powerful short squeezes amid a tech selloff. He cites AI-driven market shifts — projecting a $3 trillion global AI market by 2033 at a 30% CAGR — that have redirected capital toward hardware and infrastructure, favoring fundamentally stronger targets.