
"Companies that climb to high market prices will often give their Boards of Directors cause to propose forward stock splits to keep the market price quote at a sufficiently affordable price for new buyers to obtain shares. When demand is strong, multiple stock splits over the course of years can effectively become a compounding wealth building device, which is how people who bought early shares of Microsoft and Apple became millionaires simply by holding their initial positions and watching them multiply through numerous forward splits."
"Interactive Brokers Group, Inc.(NASDAQ: IBKR) is a good example of a stock that is on its way towards replicating that trajectory. Since enacting a 4-for-1 split in June 2025, IBKR has risen over 33%, 44% year to date, and 438% over the past five years. A $1000 investment made in September 2015 would be worth $6,509.16, or a 550.92% gain, as of September 29, 2025, excluding dividends."
"IBKR: Digital Trade Facilitation Until the advent of computers to execute market trades, sales and purchases of securities, funds, futures, and other instruments were conducted on written paper tickets with designated "runners" who went to the appropriate desk at the exchange and delivered the orders to the specialist by hand. Interactive Brokers Group conducts the digital equivalent of these, and other tasks, in milliseconds, on a worldwide basis."
Forward stock splits help keep market prices affordable for new buyers and can amplify wealth creation when demand drives repeated splits. Early investors in companies such as Microsoft and Apple demonstrate how holding through multiple forward splits can produce millionaire-level returns. Interactive Brokers Group (IBKR) completed a 4-for-1 split in June 2025 and has shown substantial multi-year gains, turning a $1,000 position from 2015 into over $6,500 by September 29, 2025, excluding dividends. Brookfield Wealth Solutions (BNT) plans a 3-for-2 split payable October 9, 2025, and has surged recently. IBKR automates trade execution tasks digitally and operates globally.
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