The Bureau of Historic Losses · Counterfactual Division
What if you'd bought Invesco QQQ (Nasdaq-100) in 2008?
The financial crisis took QQQ down more than half from its 2007 high, tech included in the wreckage. From that bottom it led the longest tech bull run in history.
$100 on 2008-01-02, worth today
US$1,664
As of 2026-06-12, $100 of Invesco QQQ (Nasdaq-100) bought at 2008's open (US$43.36) is worth US$1,664 — 16.6×.
total return · dividends reinvested · USD
How much would $100 of Invesco QQQ (Nasdaq-100) bought in 2008 be worth today?
| You'd have put in | You'd have now | Multiple |
|---|---|---|
| US$100 | US$1,664 | 16.6× |
| US$1,000 | US$16,637 | 16.6× |
| US$10,000 | US$166,373 | 16.6× |
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 Invesco QQQ (Nasdaq-100) do in 2008?
Opened
US$43.36
2008-01-02
Peaked
US$43.54
2008-01-03
Bottomed
US$22.03
2008-11-20
Closed
US$25.67
2008-12-31
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?
US$96,300 deployed as $100 a week from 2008-01-02, under four temperaments — same money, different nerves.
| All in on day one | US$1.6M |
| Steady weekly buys | US$778,920 |
| Sold dips, rebought rallies | US$422,393 |
| Traded it perfectly | US$805,716 |
“Traded it perfectly” requires knowing the future. Nobody knew the future.
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