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You would like to compare two funds you have read about in the Wall Street Journal. You download the monthly returns the funds over the 1 five years and compute some rudimentary statistics. The output is summarized in the table below (all numbers are annualized). Beta, R-squared and the Standard Error of the Residuals are with respect to the S&P 500 index. Over the same time period the average return of the S&P 500 w 10.47%, and the US T-Bill rate was 1.08%. Avg. Return Std. Dev. of Returns 29.34% Beta Name Meridian Enhanced Equity Fund (MEIFX) Baron Partners Fund (BPTRX) R? Std. Err. of Residuals 27.28% 10.18% 18.49% 0.96 0.15 15.36% 17.51% 1.21 0.67 If the answer is a percentage, round to 2 decimal places and enter without the percentage sign (e-g. 10.466% would be entered as 10.47.) If the answer is a unitless number, round to 2 decimal places and enter as is (e.g. 0.963 would be entered as 0.96). a) Calculate the Alpha of the Meridian Enhanced Equity Fund. b) Calculate the Alpha of the Baron Partners Fund. c) Calculate the Sharpe Ratio of the Meridian Enhanced Equity Fund. d) Calculate the Sharpe Ratio of the Baron Partners Fund. e) If this fund is going to be among the many that you invest in, which one should you choose? (Enter Meridian or Baron) f) If you are going to invest your total wealth into this fund, which one should you choose? (Enter Meridian or Baron)