Fiction has always been my favorite though. There is nothing I like better than getting lost in a good fiction book. I look forward to reading the New York Times fiction book reviews and always have a hard time deciding which book I want to read first.
As of this writing (February 26, 2015), the current price of one share of Apple (AAPL) stock is $128.66. Forrest Gump opened in theaters on July 6, 1994. On that date, the price of AAPL's stock was $0.93 per share, adjusted for the following stock splits; 2 for 1 (June 21, 2000), 2 for 1 (February 28, 2005) and 7 for 1 (June 9, 2014).
The stock market currently values software giant Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) at roughly $370 billion, or about $44 per share. This is the price of a share of Microsoft, and it's risen significantly over the past three years. But the price of a stock and the value of a stock are two completely different things.