Abstract:It is very possible for an investor to take a decision based on superstitions and common beliefs. Actually, Indonesia has a specific calendar system called the Javanese lunar calendar. The Javanese calendar contains several special days because of their sacred characteristics such as "Kamis Wage" (Thursday Wage) and "Jum'at Kliwon" (Friday Kliwon). The day of Friday Kliwon is often considered to be the most frightening which is similar to Friday the Thirteenth in Western culture. This study tried to scrutinize the impact of those sacred days on Indonesian stock returns. By applying GARCH-M, the finding shows that the Javanese lunar calendar does not have any impact on the Indonesian stock returns, but does affect the investors' risk aversion level. This study has proven that, in terms of risk aversion, investors' behavior in Indonesia is influenced by superstition. Abstrak:Dalam pengambilan keputusan, seorang investor sangat mungkin berdasarkan takhayul dan keyakinan umum. Sebenarnya, Indonesia memiliki sistem kalender khusus yang disebut kalender lunar Jawa. Kalender Jawa berisi beberapa hari khusus karena kesakralannya seperti "Kamis Wage" dan "Jum'at Kliwon". Jumat Kliwon sering dianggap sebagai yang paling seram, sama dengan dengan Friday the 13th yang ada dalam budaya Barat. Penelitian ini berupaya mengkaji dampak dari hari-hari yang sacral tersebut terhadap return saham. Dengan menerapkan GARCH-M, temuan menunjukkan bahwa kalender lunar Jawa tidak memiliki dampak pada return saham Indonesia, tetapi berpengaruh pada tingkat penghindaran risiko investor. Penelitian ini telah membuktikan bahwa, dalam hal penghindaran risiko, perilaku investor di Indonesia dipengaruhi oleh takhayul.

This study aims to determine the effect of BI rate, USD to IDR exchange rates, and gold price on stock returns listed in the SRI KEHATI Index for the period January to December 2018. The population in this research is companies listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange. The sample is determined by using a purposive sampling method. Some criteria of the sample are companies that: had entered to the SRI KEHATI index respectively from January to December 2018, reported the 2018 monthly financial report, were not suspended by the IDX during the study period, so that obtained a sample of 23 companies with total data is 268. This study used quantitative data analysis in the form of time-series data from January to December 2018. The data collection method used in this study is the documentation method. The analytical tool in this study is the multiple regression analysis. In this study, data is processed by using the SPSS program 21. The results show that the BI rate has a significant positive effect on stock returns, the USD to IDR exchange rate has a significant negative effect on stock returns, and gold price does not have a significant effect on stock returns.

Dividend policy is a decision to define the part received by shareholders according to the funds they invest as well as the part that will be retained by the company. Dividend payout ratio has been discussed in the financial sector by several researchers since 1961 when Miller and Modigliani proposed the theory of “Signalling Hypothesis”. There are many variables that affect dividend policy including profitability, debt policy, liquidity, growth, investment opportunity set,etc. In this research, Investment Opportunity Set (IOS) is choosen according to the hardness of this observation, the main purpose of this research is to study the proxy of IOS exactly. This research aimed to empirically test the effect of set investment opportunity to the dividend policy. The tested variable in this study was investment opportunity set measured by market-to-book value of equity while the moderating variable was firm size. The sample was 16 companies listed on Indonesian Stock Exchange (I.S.E) 2011-2013 selected through purposive sampling technique. The analytical statistic was a simple linear regression to test the absolute difference value of moderation. The results showed that the investment opportunity set has significant effect on dividend policy because the value of significance IOS less than rate of significance (0,045<0,05), it means that firm size moderation can be used as moderator between investment opportunity set and dividend policy because the value of significance firm size less than rate of significance (0,041<0,05).

<p>Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menguji pengaruh literasi keuangan terhadap keputusan struktur modal dan inklusi keuangan sebagai variabel pemoderasi pada UMKM.  Penelitian ini dilakukan pada UMKM klaster mebel dan furnitur di kota Semarang. Sampel penelitian ini adalah 100 UMKM, dengan model penentuan sampel menggunakan purposive sampling. Teknik analisis data yang digunakan adalah analisis regresi linier berganda serta uji path dan uji sobel untuk menguji hipotesis tersebut. Berdasarkan hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa variabel inklusi keuangan mampu memperkuat hubungan antara literasi keuangan terhadap keputusan struktur modal UMKM di kota Semarang. Variabel literasi keuangan berpengaruh positif signifikan terhadap keputusan struktur modal dan variabel literasi keuangan berpengaruh positif signifikan terhadap inklusi keuangan. Namun, variabel inklusi keuangan berpengaruh negatif terhadap keputusan struktur modal.</p><p><em> </em></p><p><em>Kata kunci : Literasi Keuangan, Keputusan Struktur Modal, Inklusi Keuangan</em></p>

Hedging is an action that can be carried out by companies that transact international to minimize the risk of exchange rates faced. The purpose of this study was to determine the significance of the effect of profitability, leverage, and the company's growth opportunities on hedging activities in stateowned enterprises (BUMN) in 2012-2016. The sample of this study took as many as 19 state-owned companies listed in Indonesia Stock Exchange during the period 2012-2016 using the purpose sampling method, the data used was secondary data, and then using the analysis technique used in this study was logistic regression analysis. Based on the results of the analysis it was found that the variables of profitability, and leverage significantly had a positive effect on hedging activities, while the opportunity to grow the company had a positive but not significant effect on hedging activities.