Investment condition in Indonesia gets better year by year. One of the most interested instruments in Indonesia is mutual funds, mostly conventional mutual funds. Investor put their money in a mutual funds with an expectation to get a maximum return. However, a mutual funds does not always perform well for every time frame. There is an economics or macro condition that affects the time frame of investment activities in one country. To figure out the macro circumstance in a country, it can be seen from the business cycle pattern. Authors use an average return data from mutual funds index in...

The Indonesia economic growth has been getting better over the years motivates both domestic and foreign investors to do the investment. One of the best return investment instruments in Indonesia is equity fund. Not all business sectors perform well at the same time, so sector rotation could be an appropriate option in an attempt to beat the market. This research aims to identify the relationship between business cycle and selected stocks performance in Indonesia Stock Exchange. Sharpe ratio, holding period return, and geometric average return are applied as the proxy to measure the...