The Bureau of Historic Losses · Counterfactual Division
What if you'd bought Woodside in 2009?
Australia's biggest oil-and-gas name entered 2009 well off its 2008 peak as the oil price collapsed from nearly US$150 a barrel. The LNG champion's franked dividends and the next commodity cycle lay ahead — if you could ignore the wreckage.
$100 on 2009-01-01, worth today
A$212
As of 2026-06-12, $100 of Woodside bought at 2009's open (A$14.71) is worth A$212 — 2.12×.
total return · dividends reinvested · AUD
How much would $100 of Woodside bought in 2009 be worth today?
| You'd have put in | You'd have now | Multiple |
|---|---|---|
| A$100 | A$212 | 2.12× |
| A$1,000 | A$2,123 | 2.12× |
| A$10,000 | A$21,229 | 2.12× |
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 Woodside do in 2009?
Opened
A$14.71
2009-01-01
Peaked
A$21.59
2009-10-14
Bottomed
A$12.62
2009-02-05
Closed
A$19.31
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$193,396 |
| Steady weekly buys | A$152,448 |
| Sold dips, rebought rallies | A$163,574 |
| Traded it perfectly | A$333,158 |
“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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