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The Bureau of Historic Losses · Counterfactual Division

What if you'd bought NAB in 2009?

NAB began 2009 near its crisis bottom, weighed down by soured offshore loans and a frozen credit market. The reliable franked-dividend payer was about to spend a decade as the perennial underachiever of the big four.

$100 on 2009-01-01, worth today

A$523

As of 2026-06-12, $100 of NAB bought at 2009's open (A$6.97) is worth A$5235.23×.

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

You'd have put inYou'd have nowMultiple
A$100A$5235.23×
A$1,000A$5,2335.23×
A$10,000A$52,3345.23×

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 NAB do in 2009?

Opened

A$6.97

2009-01-01

Peaked

A$11.28

2009-10-13

Bottomed

A$5.48

2009-03-08

Closed

A$9.93

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$476,758
Steady weekly buysA$211,153
Sold dips, rebought ralliesA$165,261
Traded it perfectlyA$510,149

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

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