This study proposes and validates “other information” in analysts' forecasts as a legitimate proxy for future cash flows, and examines its incremental role in explaining stock return volatility. We suggest that “other information” contains information about fundamentals beyond that...

We conduct a detailed examination of the accrual anomaly in Australia using a trading strategy research design. Our primary contribution is to show how sensitive the results are to the precise research design specifications. We focus on four key areas of importance in designing such tests....