Is Ben Bernanke Killing or Helping Hedge Funds?

Hedge funds aren't doing well in recent months. A new chart, which was released by Goldman Sachs, showed the performance of the industry against major indices. The result, as any contemporary investor will predict, was not in favor of the investment vehicles. 2012 was a bad year for hedge funds, and judging by performance so far, 2013 could be even worse.

Hedge Fund Performance:

According to a Businessweek piece on hedge fund performance, it is down because the current environment is not one that hedge funds are comfortable operating in. QE3 is pacifying the market and low volatility is not in the playbook of many...