The Bureau of Historic Losses · Counterfactual Division

What if you'd bought stocks?

You spent years certain you'd missed the crypto boat. Turns out the boring index would have quietly made you rich while you did nothing. Pick your regret.

Calculate my failure →

your stock, your date, your certificate

The indexes

You didn't even need a moonshot.

S&P 500

SPX

Nasdaq

IXIC

ASX 200

XJO

Russell 2000

RUT

Dow Jones

DJI

All Ordinaries

XAO

The ETFs

One ticker, the whole market.

Vanguard S&P 500 ETF

VOO

Invesco QQQ (Nasdaq-100)

QQQ

Vanguard Total US Market

VTI

Vanguard Australian Shares (VAS)

VAS

Vanguard International Shares (VGS)

VGS

Vanguard Diversified High Growth (VDHG)

VDHG

Betashares A200

A200

iShares S&P 500 AUD (IVV)

IVV

Betashares Nasdaq 100 (NDQ)

NDQ

The American giants

The ones your cousin won't stop mentioning.

The locals

Closer to home, just as painful.

Want to settle crypto vs the index once and for all?

Bitcoin vs the S&P 500 →

or every head-to-head on file