For this discussion, go back online and determine the closing price for Bed bath&beyond's stock and Amazon's stock sometime between September 27th and October 11^th, and complete the following:

1. Please post the closing price per share of stock for each of your companies on the date of your choice between September 27^th and October 11^th.
2. Calculate whether the per share price of the stock increased or decreased during the period you have been looking at these corporations and by how much.
3. Pretend that you had purchased 1,000 shares of stock in each of the corporations you have been researching using the per share price your posted in part one of this discussion assignment. State how much your investment in these shares would have cost you broken down by company. Then determine the value of the same 1,000 shares using the per share price you posted in A above. Had you invested in these corporations would you have made or lost money? Are you surprised at the results?
4. Please discuss what you found most interesting about this assignment? Had you ever looked at financial statements before? Do you think you will be better able to make investment decisions in the future? Do you have a better understanding of why the market responds to political and current events and announcements? Is there anything that you would have liked to have learned about real life financial statements that was not covered in this assignment? The teacher must always remain a student to remain relevant and in touch.