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The Bureau of Historic Losses · Counterfactual Division

What if you'd bought Qantas in 2009?

The GFC slammed global aviation and Qantas with it, fuel and demand both lurching the wrong way. Airlines are where capital goes to be incinerated — a truth 2009 underlined in red ink.

$100 on 2009-01-01, worth today

A$420

As of 2026-06-12, $100 of Qantas bought at 2009's open (A$2.23) is worth A$4204.20×.

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

You'd have put inYou'd have nowMultiple
A$100A$4204.20×
A$1,000A$4,1984.20×
A$10,000A$41,9754.20×

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 Qantas do in 2009?

Opened

A$2.23

2009-01-01

Peaked

A$2.64

2009-10-15

Bottomed

A$1.24

2009-03-08

Closed

A$2.61

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$382,395
Steady weekly buysA$321,863
Sold dips, rebought ralliesA$289,577
Traded it perfectlyA$1.9M

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

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