Ian King’s “AiPhone” Stocks – AI’s “iPhone Moment”

Ian King is back with an urgent and updated edition of a teaser centered around Apple's major AI announcement made on June 10th.

Apple's announcement has come and gone, but Ian's prediction of billions of dollars shifting from certain companies into some very specific “AiPhone Stocks” is still relevant and it could be a second chance to see “crypto-like” gains.

 

The Teaser

The major takeaway from Apple's WWDC 2024 event was that AI is coming to the iPhone.

Former hedge fund manager, one of Investopedia’s top resourceful contributors, and editor of no less than four Banyan Hill Publishing newsletters, Ian King is a man who wears many hats.

We have previously reviewed his Bitcoin Fourth Halving Trades and “AI Energy” Pitch.

For those who didn't catch Ian's original pitch, he was calling for Apple to announce what he calls the “AiPhone”.

This was to be a “completely revamped iPhone, powered by highly advanced artificial intelligence.”

To the man's credit, he was pretty much on the mark.

What Apple did announce was a suite of AI features for it's latest-gen iPhone, Mac, and more, that includes an AI-based Siri, AI-generated “genmojis” and controversially, integration of OpenAI's ChatGPT.

Ian had good reason to anticipate this move.

Last year, Apple called an “all-hands-on-deck” employees-only meeting at its Cupertino headquarters and it was all about AI.

Ever since then, the tech juggernaut has been ramping up its efforts to develop AI for the iPhone.

However, despite this and reportedly spending “millions of dollars per day” on this effort, the announcement it made on June 10th was hardly groundbreaking.

The likes of Google and Microsoft, which partly owns OpenAI, have already rolled out such features.

But there's still one competitive advantage Apple retains.

One Device to Dominate Them All

There are roughly 1.5 billion iPhone users in the world.

Apple solidifying itself as the “go-to” source for any AI assistance you could want, right in your pocket could be a game-set-match type of move.

Ian is anticipating that Apple won’t simply be an “also-ran” in the AI race for much longer, even going so far as to say that… 

“The years will soon be counted by those that came BEFORE Apple dominated AI (B.A.D.) and the years that came AFTER Apple dominated AI (A.A.D.)” like some sort of biblical prophecy.

For us as investors, this matters because after Apple begins dominating AI, we could see whole businesses collapse, just as they did after Apple unveiled previous industry-defining products.

While, at the exact same time, we’ll see a whole new set of companies begin to dominate.

The latter is what Ian is teasing, with  “shares of a select few companies set to take off.”

 

The Pitch

Ian has put all his findings into a report he calls “The AiPhone Profits Blueprint.”

Inside, three specific recommendations that we can act on right away are revealed and the only way to get them is by subscribing to the Extreme Fortunes research service.

Doing so will set you back a cool $1,995, even with 70% off the regular price.

It's definitely not cheap, but it includes all of Ian's research and specific recommendations on an ongoing, monthly basis, weekly market updates, timely flash trade alerts, and a welcome package that consists of a comprehensive strategy guide for identifying small stocks with huge potential.

 

The 3-Step Predictable Pattern to Making Money from Major Tech Trends

Ian repeats something we have heard before…

That Apple is not an innovator.

It doesn't create tech trends and it’s never first to market.

He is right, but this is also intentional and a core reason Apple has been so successful over the years.

This is how he lays out their time-tested formula, which he says is applicable to us from an investment standpoint too.

#1: Apple Identifies a Super-Hot Megatrend

Apple has developed a knack for finding a trend that’s already picking up steam.

Not a brand-new megatrend it’s predicting the rise of, but a trend that’s here right now, and it looks to capitalize on what it thinks the competition is doing wrong.

#2: Apple Creates A Product That Is Better Than The Competition's

Simple, easy to use, and beautiful is Apple's product mantra.

It has beat out the competition several times with this formula, with the Mac, iPad, and iPhone being the prime examples.

#3: Mass Adoption

Because of how simple and user friendly its products are, Apple makes them trend into the mainstream and gobbles up market share like a six pack on the fourth of July.

This sends the shares of it's competitors, like Creative Labs, HTC Corp, and perhaps most notably, Blackberry, crashing.

At the same time, Apple's moves have also sent the shares of other companies, such as direct suppliers and other unwitting beneficiaries soaring, and Ian believes Apple is about to do the same thing with its leap into AI technology.

So, who are the winners of the “Apple Effect?”

 

Ian King's “AiPhone” Stocks

We're told that these picks “are companies Ian believes will benefit greatly as Apple brings the power and promise of AI to billions of its devices around the globe.”

Each pick also has a market cap of under $3 billion, with plenty of room to grow.

Unfortunately, this is where the details end and the promotion for his newsletter Extreme Fortunes ramps up.

Ian's teaser may have led us to a completely dead end, but based on what we now know about Apple's Developer Day announcement and the direction it's going in as far as AI, we can still make an educated speculation about some “Apple Effect” winners.

 

A Real Profit Blueprint or Just Another Way to Lose Money?

We begin this exercise by consulting the Bible when it comes to Apple-related stocks – it's direct suppliers list.

By Apple's own admission, the list covers 98% of its direct spending on materials, manufacturing, and assembly of its products worldwide.

Since Apple is integrating it's own large language models (LLMs) that it developed in-house, along with OpenAI's ChatGPT, into its line of products, hardware and parts suppliers are a good place to start.

Without further ado, here are some potential “AiPhone” stocks:

• Catcher Technology Co. (Taiwan: 2474) The stock of Apple's iPhone casing maker has been on a tear this year, jumping above Ian's $3 billion market cap threshold that it was previously sitting below.
• At a current market cap of $2.7 billion, Compeq Manufacturing Co. (Taiwan: 2313), which makes circuit boards for Apple products is an obvious choice.
• This last one is pure unadulterated speculation, hey, you gotta live a little, and could be a a future Apple AI acquisition, which it made more of than any other “magnificent seven” company last year. It's live, online learning platform Nerdy Inc. (NYSE: NRDY), which could easily be integrated into its Vision Pro device and AI features.

If you have a small speculative stock fund available, these are the kind of things to use it on.

As for following Apple's predictable 3-step pattern from an investing standpoint, well, it breaks down by the second step of “products better than the competition's” which is a big giant unknowable if there ever was one.

So, it's more guesswork and less of a blueprint.

 

Quick Recap & Conclusion

• Ian King is back with an updated edition of a past teaser that predicts billions of dollars shifting from certain companies into a few very specific “AiPhone Stocks” which could offer a second chance to see “crypto-like” gains.
• This has to do with Apple not being an “also-ran” in the AI race for much longer and a few third-party stocks being set to soar as a result, while others crash.
• Ian has put all his findings on the former into a report he calls “The AiPhone Profits Blueprint.” It's available only to subscribers of Banyan Hill's Extreme Fortunes research service, which costs a cool $1,995 to join.
• Having repeatedly had his stock picks revealed by Greenbull has done a number on Ian and he played it safe by providing no clues about his “AiPhone” stocks this time around.
• We still provided a few speculative “AiPhone” small cap picks and showed why his “AI Profits Blueprint” is more guesswork than strategy.

What small cap AI stocks do you think stand to benefit from Apple's move info artifical intelligence? Join the conversation in the comments below.