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The Bureau of Historic Losses · Counterfactual Division

What if you'd bought CSL in 2009?

The former Commonwealth Serum Laboratories entered 2009 near $32 as a global blood-plasma and vaccines leader, sold down with the rest of the market in the GFC. A defensive, recession-resistant healthcare compounder on sale — the kind of thing fear prices badly.

$100 on 2009-01-01, worth today

A$427

As of 2026-06-12, $100 of CSL bought at 2009's open (A$25.18) is worth A$4274.27×.

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How much would $100 of CSL bought in 2009 be worth today?

You'd have put inYou'd have nowMultiple
A$100A$4274.27×
A$1,000A$4,2704.27×
A$10,000A$42,6974.27×

Lump sum on the year's first trading day, total return (dividends reinvested, splits adjusted), valued at the latest close. Past performance isn't a promise — it's a taunt.

What did CSL do in 2009?

Opened

A$25.18

2009-01-01

Peaked

A$28.64

2009-02-25

Bottomed

A$21.88

2009-06-05

Closed

A$24.82

2009-12-30

Levels are dividend-adjusted, so historical figures look lower than the headline price of the day — that's the total-return lens, and it's the honest one.

Would steady buying have beaten going all in?

A$91,100 deployed as $100 a week from 2009-01-01, under four temperaments — same money, different nerves.

All in on day oneA$388,969
Steady weekly buysA$143,557
Sold dips, rebought ralliesA$132,685
Traded it perfectlyA$406,504

“Traded it perfectly” requires knowing the future. Nobody knew the future.

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$1,000 at 2009's open, each valued at the latest close. Hindsight remains undefeated.

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