Introduction
As the global financial market shows increasing vulnerability, AlternativeSoft seeks to evaluate whether investors are using hedge funds as a way to protect their returns in response to the equity, bond and crypto downturns throughout 2022. Hedge funds, since their inception in the late 1940s, have provided a way for investors to achieve returns which are less correlated to the market than traditional investments. It follows, that during equity bear market periods, hedge funds will p