NEW YORK (Reuters) – Global hedge funds posted a 2% gain in October, helped by a rally in stock markets and a combination of higher inflation and interest rates, data provider HFR said in a statement on Monday. Equities, event-driven and macro hedge fund indexes went up last month, according to HFR, adding two-thirds of all hedge funds posted gains. Only macro hedge funds, however, delivered positive returns to investors in the first 10 months of 2022. “Macro strategies extended strong year-to-date performance as equities reversed intra-month declines, while the U.S. Federal Reserve prepared t…