The Bureau of Historic Losses · Counterfactual Division
What if you'd bought iShares S&P 500 AUD (IVV) in 2009?
The fund bottomed with the US market in early 2009, when buying the S&P 500 from an ASX brokerage account required ignoring every headline. It caught the entire American bull run that followed — currency swings included.
$100 on 2009-01-01, worth today
A$70
As of 2026-06-12, $100 of iShares S&P 500 AUD (IVV) bought at 2009's open (A$100.57) is worth A$70 — 0.70×.
total return · dividends reinvested · AUD
How much would $100 of iShares S&P 500 AUD (IVV) bought in 2009 be worth today?
| You'd have put in | You'd have now | Multiple |
|---|---|---|
| A$100 | A$70 | 0.70× |
| A$1,000 | A$697 | 0.70× |
| A$10,000 | A$6,966 | 0.70× |
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 iShares S&P 500 AUD (IVV) do in 2009?
Opened
A$100.57
2009-01-01
Peaked
A$106.44
2009-01-29
Bottomed
A$86.60
2009-03-09
Closed
A$101.17
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 one | A$63,462 |
| Steady weekly buys | A$336,831 |
| Sold dips, rebought rallies | A$232,214 |
| Traded it perfectly | A$5.8M |
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