Ian KingChief Strategist of Strategic Fortunes, Next Wave Crypto Fortunes and Extreme Fortunes.
Ian King is a former hedge fund manager with over two decades of experience in trading and analyzing the financial markets.
His market insights have been featured on Fox Business News, Investopedia and Seeking Alpha.
At 21, Ian started in the mortgage bond trading department at Salomon Brothers.
He then honed his skills in trading at Citigroup before spending a decade at New York-based hedge fund, Peahi Capital.
There his team made a 339% total return in 2008 alone. He is also known as one of Investopedia’s top resourceful contributors.
In 2017, he came to Banyan Hill Publishing to help our readers get ahead of the markets. He currently offers four services and a free newsletter educating readers on the stock and crypto markets.
Ian’s services are all dedicated to a niche market in the tech sector — each with a unique and winning strategy to make smart, thoroughly researched investments.
Ian King’s Services
Ian uses his exclusive four-step system for finding “tipping-point trends” — or massive developments that are set to trigger a technological revolution.
These are in large-cap tech stocks that are overlooked by Main Street and Wall Street alike. But with Ian’s proven four-step strategy, he finds those “needle in the haystack” stock plays that can deliver windfall profits in one swoop.
In this service, Ian gives you even deeper insights on the economy and the financial markets.
A Strategic Fortunes subscription includes:
- A focus on large-cap tech stocks and select cryptocurrencies.
- A monthly newsletter that explores a specific tipping-point trend — and a new stock position Ian recommends investing in.
- Up to 12 stock recommendations every year.
Ian helps you navigate the wondrous, and at times capricious, world of cryptocurrency. He pinpoints winning crypto trends with a unique three-part trading strategy. Along with his crypto service, Ian developed the first crypto-investing multimedia product of its kind for Investopedia Academy.
A Next Wave Crypto Fortunes subscription includes:
- A guide on all things crypto: how to invest, what to invest, where to buy your tokens.
- Tutorials on investing, staking, upgrading and storing cryptos.
- Weekly deep dives into the crypto market at large.
With this service, we’re looking for companies that are small, but mighty. Ian focuses on small-cap stocks in the $100 million to $3 billion market cap range — with massive potential.
Using a four-phase strategy, he’s able to find companies that are in growing total addressable markets (TAMs). This gives you the best opportunities for huge windfall profits.
An Extreme Fortunes subscription includes:
- A focus on small-cap stocks ($100 million to $3 billion market caps).
- Opportunities to invest in solid companies poised to soar by more than 500%.
- Weekly stock news, trade alerts, special reports and more.
Daily Disruptor:
Ian created Daily Disruptor to bring you the most disruptive ideas and opportunities from the world of high-tech.
Every week, he offers his unique insight on topics and trends relevant to today’s bleeding-edge tech, like artificial intelligence, the blockchain, robotics, biotech and much, much more.
Plus, you’ll get a one-of-a-kind window into Ian’s personal investing philosophies and recommendations.
Daily Disruptor helps you stay prepared for the rapidly changing economic landscape, preserving and growing your wealth no matter what the market throws at you.
Ian King's Articles
The Next Bottleneck in the AI Boom Isn’t Chips January 28, 2026 Artificial Intelligence, Daily Disruptor - Two years ago, Elon Musk predicted electricity shortages would be the next bottleneck for advancing of AI. According to Ian, he was right. 
Seeing Robotaxis In the Wild January 26, 2026 Daily Disruptor, Technology - Ian says the biggest obstacle in the robotaxi race is that autonomous driving companies are having to deal with the messy real world. 
A Fed Shakeup Could Change How Wall Street Sees Bitcoin January 23, 2026 Cryptocurrency, Daily Disruptor - Ian says one of the names circulating as a potential replacement for Fed Chair Jerome Powelll could be a game changer for crypto markets. 
Chart of the Week: How AI Becomes Universal January 22, 2026 Artificial Intelligence, Daily Disruptor - To date, AI has mostly relied on large cloud providers and centralized compute. Ian shares a chart showing something different is coming.
I’ve Seen This Set-Up Before January 21, 2026 Artificial Intelligence, Daily Disruptor - Today's tech giants are starting to borrow more to support AI growth. Ian King sees an uncomfortable parallel to WorldCom in the late 1990s. 
Are We at the Start of a Massive Bitcoin Rally? January 16, 2026 Cryptocurrency, Daily Disruptor - Crypto predictions for 2026 aren't just coming from bitcoin evangelists anymore. .Just how high could bitcoin and Ethereum go this year?
Chart of the Week: The New Capitals of AI January 15, 2026 Artificial Intelligence, Daily Disruptor - Instead of a chart, Ian King shares a map that shows where the future balance of power in business could be shifting. Is your home on it?
How Lenovo Is Rethinking the Future of AI Interfaces January 14, 2026 Artificial Intelligence, Daily Disruptor - If what Ian saw at CES works the way Lenovo and Motorola are suggesting it will, he believes it could mark a new breakthrough in wearable AI.
What I Saw at CES Changed the Timeline for Robots January 12, 2026 Daily Disruptor, Technology - Ian King attended the Hyundai Motor Group and Boston Dynamics keynote at CES. What he saw changes the timeline for humanoid robots. 
Is Greenland Next? January 9, 2026 Daily Disruptor, Economy - Ian doesn't see Venezuela as an isolated event. He sees it as the first domino to fall. And he predicted the next domino to fall last year. Ian’s Advisory Services
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With this research service, you have access to Ian’s exclusive strategy for finding “tipping-point trends”: massive developments that are set to trigger a revolution. The system identifies companies that will soar from trends like 5G, blockchain, autonomous vehicles, quantum computing and more.