Taylor's Hardware is acquiring The Corner Store for $50,000 in cash. Taylor's has 2,200 shares of stock outstanding at a market value of $18 a share. The Corner Store has 1,300 shares of stock outstanding at a market price of $27 a share. Neither firm has any debt. The incremental value of the acquisition is $2,300. What is the value of Taylor's Hardware after the acquisition?

Stocks a, b, and c are similar in some respects: each has an expected return of 10% and a standard deviation of 25%. stocks a and b have returns that are independent of one another; i.e., their correlation coefficient, r, equals zero. stocks a and c have returns that are negatively correlated with one another; i.e., r is less than 0. portfolio ab is a portfolio with half of its money invested in stock a and half in stock b. portfolio ac is a portfolio with half of its money invested in stock a and half invested in stock c. which of the following statements is correct? a. portfolio ab has a standard deviation that is greater than 25%.b. portfolio ac has an expected return that is less than 10%.c. portfolio ac has a standard deviation that is less than 25%.d. portfolio ab has a standard deviation that is equal to 25%.e. portfolio ac has an expected return that is greater than 25%.