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
Chart of the Week: The Market Has Split in Two January 8, 2026 Artificial Intelligence, Daily Disruptor - If Ian's chart of the week gives you late-1990s déjà vu, you’re not imagining it. But there's an important difference from the dot-com era...
Jensen Huang’s CES Keynote Revealed Where AI Is Going Next January 7, 2026 Artificial Intelligence, Daily Disruptor - Ian King says Nvidia's CEO delivered more than just a product showcase at CES. He pointed to where artificial intelligence is headed next...
Elon Musk’s Most Ambitious Infrastructure Play Isn’t Space or AI January 5, 2026 Daily Disruptor, Technology - China's WeChat evolved from a messaging app into the backbone of everyday commerce. Could Elon Musk's X app have a similar goal for the U.S.?
Elon Musk Left DOGE… But He Hasn’t Left Washington January 2, 2026 Daily Disruptor, Technology - Most people view Musk’s DOGE tenure as an awkward experiment or worse. But Ian believes it was just another move in a much longer game...
How AI Gets the Grid Through New Year’s Eve December 31, 2025 Artificial Intelligence, Daily Disruptor - Ian King says the kind of synchronized energy demand we experience on New Year’s Eve isn’t typical. AI is helping to keep the party going...
Is Quantum Entering Its Infrastructure Phase? December 29, 2025 Daily Disruptor, Technology - AI was stuck in a "pre-hype purgatory" until ChatGPT launched. Ian says quantum might be about to experience a similar moment...
JPMorgan Just Confirmed My Tokenization Thesis December 26, 2025 Cryptocurrency, Daily Disruptor - One of the largest and most conservative financial institutions in the world just made the shift to tokenization impossible to ignore...
The Year Santa’s Supply Chain Went Digital December 24, 2025 Artificial Intelligence, Daily Disruptor - Ian says AI is doing the heavy lifting behind the holidays this year... and Santa couldn’t have designed a better stress test if he tried.
The Two Stories You’re Hearing About AI Are Both True December 22, 2025 Artificial Intelligence, Daily Disruptor - Ian King says the two stories you're hearing about AI today is normal when a new technology starts becoming embedded in our daily lives.
What China Just Built in Ten Months Could Shape the Future December 19, 2025 Artificial Intelligence, Daily Disruptor, Natural Resources - Ian King warns: unless we close the rare earths gap, the U.S. could hold the blueprints for the future but lack the materials to build it. 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.




