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This article was originally published on Fool.com. All figures quoted in US dollars unless otherwise stated.

This article was originally published on Fool.com. All figures quoted in US dollars unless otherwise stated.

It’s never a bad idea to follow advice from Warren Buffett. The billionaire investor has a wealth of knowledge and advice out there for people willing to listen. His annual meetings and shareholder letters offer significant insight into how best to approach investing. 

There’s one particular piece of his advice that today could prove immensely valuable to investors, one that could save you from incurring significant losses. If you’ve lost big on an investment, he says, “The most important thing to do if you find yourself in a hole is to stop digging.”

What’s the significance of this quote?

Investors who have incurred losses on a stock may consider themselves to be in a hole. The deeper the loss, the deeper the hole. And there can be a motivation to try and dig yourself out of this position by taking on more aggressive investments or averaging down.

For instance, suppose you bought shares of COVID-19 vaccine maker Moderna (NASDAQ: MRNA) last year when it was near its high of $497. If you were to buy an equal amount of shares now, at a price of around $128, that would bring your average down to $312.50. And if you were to buy twice as many shares at the current price, your average would be $251. 

There can be an incentive to load up on the stock — it will bring your average cost down. This would be the “digging” part of the equation. But in doing so, now you have invested significantly more money into an investment that has been in a free fall. Generally, Buffett isn’t opposed to buying a good stock that has fallen in value, but the problem is when it’s a risky buy (like Moderna is). In that situation, you could in effect be digging a deeper hole for yourself if the stock may not have strong prospects of recovering.

Averaging down isn’t always the best strategy

In the case of Moderna, the healthcare company faces a challenging road ahead. COVID-19 revenue beyond this year remains uncertain as global economies open back up and look to return to normal. While there will be some demand for booster shots and possibly even its COVID-19 vaccine that targets the omicron variant (should it obtain approval), there’s still a strong likelihood that Moderna’s revenue will fall in the years ahead. Although the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) of its vaccine for children between the ages of six months and five years, fewer than one in five parents have indicated they would vaccinate their children as soon as they can.

Novavax (NASDAQ: NVAX) is another example of a stock that’s fallen heavily. Year to date, it has crashed 72%, which makes Moderna’s 50% decline look modest in comparison (the S&P 500, meanwhile, is down by 23%).

And in Novavax’s case, it doesn’t even have an approved COVID-19 vaccine for the U.S. market. Despite a recommendation from an FDA Advisory Committee, the FDA itself has not yet granted an EUA for Novavax’s vaccine.

Averaging down in these situations can prove to be dangerous. Both stocks are falling hard — and for good reason. The future of these companies is uncertain. Averaging down simply for the sole reason that a stock is down isn’t a great idea, and it could prove costly to investors.

Discretion is the better part of valor

If a stock isn’t performing well, the best option may simply be to sell your shares and look at other stocks instead. Moderna and Novavax are two examples of companies facing a tough road ahead, and there is no shortage of others. Rather than doubling down on those investments and putting more money at risk, investors may be better off buying shares of growth stocks with brighter and more certain futures. 

This article was originally published on Fool.com. All figures quoted in US dollars unless otherwise stated.

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The Liontown Resources Limited (ASX: LTR) share price closed deep in the red on Thursday.

At the final bell, the lithium developer’s shares were down 9.28% to 88 cents apiece. That’s a big drop from when its shares were trading as high as $1.37 at the beginning of the month.

Let’s take a look at what might have impacted Liontown shares today.

Liontown loses ground amid broker price cut

While the company hasn’t made any announcements since earlier this month, one broker weighed in on the Liontown share price.

As reported by ANZ Share Investing, Macquarie slashed its price target on the company’s shares by 24% to $1.90.

The significant cut follows the bearish analysis of the battery metals market by peer investment firm, Goldman Sachs.

Nonetheless, based on the current share price, the re-adjusted broker rating implies an upside of roughly 115%.

In addition, the S&P/ASX 300 Metals and Mining (ASX: XMM) industry also finished in negative territory today, by 1.94%.

Other popular lithium companies such as Lake Resources NL (ASX: LKE) and Allkem Ltd (ASX: AKE) also saw their share prices fall today, by 16.67%, and 3.60%, respectively.

Currently, lithium carbonate per tonne is trading at US$71,400 per tonne. This reflects an increase of just 4.37% for the month compared to 430% year-on-year.

Liontown share price snapshot

Since reaching an all-time high of $2.19 in April, the Liontown share price has fallen almost 60%. Weakened sentiment across the industry is likely playing a significant hand in the drop.

When looking at year-to-date, Liontown shares are down almost 47%.

Based on today’s price, Liontown commands a market capitalisation of approximately $2.25 billion.

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The Mineral Resources Limited (ASX: MIN) share price was out of form on Thursday.

The mining and mining services company’s shares dropped 3% to $47.22.

Why did the Mineral Resources share price drop?

Investors were selling down the Mineral Resources share price today amid concerns over the price of its two key commodities – iron ore and lithium.

In respect to the former, according to Metal Bulletin, the benchmark iron ore price continued its decline and fell a further 5.5% to US$109.40 a tonne during overnight trade.

This was driven by weakness in downstream demand in China despite the announcement of accelerated fiscal expenditure.

In addition, concerns that there could be a global recession have been weighing on base metal prices. This has led to fellow miners BHP Group Ltd (ASX: BHP) and Fortescue Metals Group Limited (ASX: FMG) dropping today.

As for the latter, lithium shares were sold off again on Thursday amid concerns over future prices of the battery making ingredient. This follows news out of Germany this week that it plans to scrap its ban on petrol and diesel car in 2035 in order to support its auto manufacturing sector.

If the rest of Europe follows suit, there could be fewer electric cars on the roads in 10 years than current forecasts. This would have obvious consequences for lithium demand.

So, with some analysts predicting that there will already be an oversupply of the white metal in the coming years, prices could go even lower than some fear.

Though, it is worth remembering that a lot can change between now and then.

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It’s been decades now since Telstra Corporation Ltd (ASX: TLS) first faced meaningful competition. It might seem absurd today, but Telstra used to be a government-owned company with a monopoly on telecommunications services in Australia.

But those days are long gone. Telstra now not only faces competition from old rival Optus, but also from a bevvy of other telco providers. These include ASX shares TPG Telecom Ltd (ASX: TPG) and Aussie Broadband Ltd (ASX: ABB).

Even so, Telstra remains the dominant telco in Australia with a formidable market share across both mobile and broadband products.

But perhaps Telstra will finally be nudged out of its top spot by its newest competitor.

According to reporting in the Australian Financial Review (AFR) this week, a new telco start-up is setting its sights on Telstra and the other major players in the Australian telecommunications market.

Telstra faces a new threat from telco start-up GigaComm

GigaComm was founded in Melbourne out of frustration over internet speeds that “just didn’t cut it”. That’s according to Gigacomm CEO and co-founder Sophearom En.

“We were getting 10 megabits per second … for $70 per month”, En told the AFR. “I have a background in telcos as both an investor and an operator and I just knew there had to be a better way… If you’re waiting minutes, or tens of minutes, for something to upload or download, that’s lost productivity time”.

Reportedly, GigaComm has just secured a $20.5 million capital raise, led by Palisade Impact and Endeavour Asset Management. This will help the start-up continue to build out its own infrastructure, which includes fibre optic cabling and fixed wireless technology.

The company offers plans that start at $79 per month with speeds of up to 200 megabits per second. That’s four times the average Australian download speed.

GigaComm is now present in 28 “metropolitan suburbs” across both Sydney and Melbourne.

The company will allocate the latest round of funding proceeds to further expansion in Sydney and Melbourne. As well as into the Brisbane and Canberra markets.

“We’re adding new suburbs and buildings every week. Our objective is to hit 1 million premises in the next few years,” said En.

It will be interesting to see if GigaComm can indeed build a significant presence in what is becoming a rather crowded field. No doubt Telstra is watching these developments closely.

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The Northern Star Resources Ltd (ASX: NST) share price is yet again heading south today despite no company announcements.

At the time of writing, the gold miner’s shares are backtracking 1.47% to $7.98. This means that its shares have fallen 7% so far this week.

In comparison, shares in Newcrest Mining Ltd (ASX: NCM) have shed almost 6% over the same timeframe.

The Evolution Mining Ltd (ASX: EVN) share price is suffering the biggest fall, down more than 8% this week.

What’s happening with Northern Star?

The price of gold appears to be on the way to its second consecutive weekly loss, which could be causing investors to offload the Northern Star share price.

According to Trading Economics, the price of gold slid towards $1,830 an ounce on Thursday, erasing gains from the previous session.

At the time of writing, the yellow metal is fetching US$1,832 per ounce.

In addition, the S&P/ASX 300 Metals and Mining Industry (ASX: XMM) has tumbled this week by more than 5%. The sector contains the top 300 ASX companies that are involved with gold, steel, and precious metals.

Another factor that could be playing a significant hand against Northern Star shares is further sanctions on Russia.

In particular, gold could be targeted by the European Union which may restrict Russian access to the commodity.

While it’s not exactly clear what the sanctions will involve, they may relate to banning gold imports and/or exports. If so, this could affect the country’s ability to tap into its assets held overseas to pay off its debts.

Northern Star share price review

A rout on the ASX since the start of May has led the Northern Star share price to tumble almost 19% for the period.

When looking at this year to date, its shares are down around 15%. They have also fallen around 23% over the past 12 months.

Northern Star commands a market capitalisation of approximately $9.44 billion.

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The Magellan Financial Group Ltd (ASX: MFG) share price has been one of the worst performers in the S&P/ASX 200 Index (ASX: XJO) over the past year. It has dropped over 70%.

There have been a few different negative catalysts for the business.

But could the fund manager actually be a strong turnaround idea? We’ll have a look at what some leading experts believe.

What has caused the negative sentiment?

Poor investment returns of its global shares strategies led to the loss of a key institutional client. Billions of dollars of funds under management (FUM) have left through the doors of the business. The level of FUM is a key influence on revenue, profit and dividends for Magellan. FUM changes can also impact the Magellan share price.

At 31 May 2022, the Magellan Global Fund (Open Class) (Managed Fund) (ASX: MGOC) only registered an average annual return per annum of 4.9% over the prior three years, underperforming its index benchmark by an average of 6.5% per annum. It’s showing underperformance over the prior year, five years and ten years as well. This fund accounted for $10 billion of Magellan’s FUM.

On 30 November 2021, it had $116.4 billion of FUM. This had reduced to $65 billion at 31 May 2022.

Magellan co-founder Hamish Douglass, who was also one of the leaders of the investment team and a key decision-maker, stepped back from operations due to mental health reasons. His exit was seen as a negative for the business. However, he will resume work in a consultancy role on 1 October 2022.

As a fund manager, the decline in global share market valuations also pulls down on Magellan’s FUM because the underlying portfolios would drop in value as well. At 31 May 2022, the Magellan Global Fund open class units had seen a 5.5% decline in investment performance.

Is the Magellan share price an opportunity?

The broker Morgan Stanley thinks there’s more declines to come. It has a price target of $11, which is a reduction of around 15%. It thinks that $2 billion flowed out last month and that billions more may leave the business in June. The Morgan Stanley rating is underweight which is similar to a sell rating.

UBS also rates the Magellan share price as a sell, with a price target of $13.50. This broker is concerned that the infrastructure investment segment of Magellan’s fund management business could see outflows as well. 

One of the most positive price targets is from Credit Suisse, with the target being $14.40. That’s a possible rise of over 10%. However, it’s only neutral on the business. 

Valuation

UBS is expecting a large decline in profit in FY23 from Magellan. Using UBS’ earnings estimates, Magellan is valued at 9 times FY23’s estimated earnings. 

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The Beach Energy Ltd (ASX: BPT) share price is having a poor day on Thursday.

In afternoon trade, the energy producer’s shares are down almost 3% to $1.62.

Why is the Beach share price falling?

The Beach share price and other energy shares have come under pressure today following a pullback in oil prices.

Oil prices tumbled during overnight trade and have continued their slide during Asian trade.

For example, according to CNBC, the WTI crude oil price is down a further 1.75% to US$104.33 a barrel and the Brent crude oil price is down a further 1.5% to US$110.04 a barrel.

This has been driven by concerns that aggressive U.S. interest rate hikes could trigger a recession and dent demand for fuel.

Not even news that U.S. President Joe Biden has called on Congress to pass a three-month suspension of the federal gasoline tax has been able to stop oil’s decline. President Biden’s plan aims to help combat record fuel prices and provide temporary cost of living relief for American consumers this summer.

Is this a buying opportunity?

According to analysts at Macquarie, it’s not quite time to push the buy button.

This morning, its analysts upgraded Beach Energy’s shares to a neutral rating from underperform with a $1.65 price target. This is largely in line with where the Beach share price is trading today.

The broker made the move on valuation grounds after a sharp decline in recent weeks.

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It’s been a good day for these ASX small-cap mining stocks – they’ve each seen their share price rocket higher on exciting discoveries.

Let’s take a closer look at what they have uncovered and how they are performing on Thursday.

2 ASX mining shares lifting on exciting news

Far East Gold Ltd (ASX: FEG)

The Far East Gold share price is surging 14% higher to trade at 33 cents on Thursday.

The company’s gain follows news from its Woyla Copper Gold Project. Samples from the project have been tested and found to house gold associated with sulphides.

The gold was identified by petrographic studies, undertaken to better understand gold occurring within samples that assayed bonanza grade gold and silver.

The studies have also helped verify a previous petrographic study on the project’s Aloe Rek vein system.

Additionally, they confirmed high-grade gold and silver mineralisation associated with ginguro banded quartz is present within all of the defined Woyla vein systems.

Carnaby Resources Ltd (ASX: CNB)

Another tiny ASX mining share enjoying a day in the green following a new discovery is Carnaby Resources. Its stock has lifted 17% to trade at 82 cents on Thursday.

The company announced “very significant” geophysical anomalies identified at the Greater Duchess Copper Gold Project this morning.

Induced polarisation (IP) surveys have recorded large and strong IP chargeability anomalies in two previously undrilled areas of the project.

The company’s managing director, Rob Watkins commented on today’s news, saying:

The undrilled 3 kilometre corridor between [the project’s Nil Desperandum prospect] and [its Lady Fanny prospect] now has two excellent deposit scale drill targets following the identification of these highly significant IP anomalies.

Watkins also noted that IP identified the original high grade discovery hole at the project’s Nil Desperandum prospect. It showed similar anomalies as those announced today.

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The S&P/ASX 200 Index (ASX: XJO) has had another wild day of trading so far this Thursday. At the time of writing, the ASX 200 has rebounded higher after almost lapsing back into negative territory in early afternoon trading. The index is currently up by 0.33% at around 6,530 points.

But let’s dig a little deeper into these moves and check out the ASX 200 shares that are topping the market’s trading volume charts right now, according to investing.com.

The 3 most traded ASX 200 shares by volume this Thursday

Core Lithium Ltd (ASX: CXO)

ASX 200 lithium stock Core Lithium is our first share to check out today. So far this Thursday, a sizeable 31.3 million shares have been bought and sold.

However, there’s been no major news out of Core Lithium today. So it’s likely that this volume has been caused by the share price volatility we’ve seen today.

After yesterday’s nasty 15% drop, the company initially rebounded this morning, but has since turned negative, and is presently down by 0.94% at 84.2 cents a share.

Pilbara Minerals Ltd (ASX: PLS)

Another ASX 200 lithium stock is next up today in Pilbara Minerals. A notable 38.23 million Pilbara shares have changed hands as it currently stands. Like with Core Lithium, Pilbara shares have also had a wild day.

But we did have some news out from the company this morning. Pilbara informed investors that it accepted a relatively high price of just over US$7,000 per dry tonne for its lithium spodumene without even having to hold the usual auction process.

This news saw Pilbara shares initially spike all the way to $2.19 a share. But the share price has cooled since, and is now at $2.04, down 1.21% today. After all of this volatility, it’s perhaps no wonder that so many shares have changed hands.

Lake Resources N.L. (ASX: LKE)

Our final and most traded share today is none other than ASX 200 newcomer (and lithium stock) Lake Resources. So far, a whopping 86.4 million Lake Resources shares have been traded on the markets today.

Unfortunately, this comes after a rather horrible share price sell-off for this company. Lake Resources shares are down another 15.5% today at 71 cents a share. That puts this company’s losses since Monday at more than 54%.

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It’s been a pretty happy day for the S&P/ASX 200 Index (ASX: XJO) so far this Thursday, although not as happy as this morning.

At the time of writing, the ASX 200 is up by 0.37% at just over 6,530 points after the index rose as high as 6,550 points earlier today.

But it’s an even happier day for the Xero Limited (ASX: XRO) share price. Xero shares have enjoyed a healthy 2.59% bump so far today to $76.94 a share as it currently stands.

This latest lift continues a trend we have been seeing for most of the week. Since Xero hit a new 52-week low of $72.53 a share last Friday, the company has risen by more than 5%.

Saying that, Xero is still down significantly over a longer time frame. The online accounting software provider’s shares have lost around 13% over the past month (even after the recent gains). It also remains down by a painful 47% over 2022 thus far.

But enough dwelling on that. So why is the Xero share price continuing to lift today?

Why is the Xero share price beating the ASX 200 today?

Well, it’s not entirely clear. There hasn’t been any news or developments out of the company itself. However, it is worth noting that Xero is not the only ASX 200 tech share currently enjoying some market-beating gains. We also see similar moves in the Block Inc (ASX: SQ2), WiseTech Global Ltd (ASX: WTC) and Altium Limited (ASX: ALU) share prices. Block shares are leading the pack, gaining 4.44% so far today.

So it’s possible Xero shares are just getting caught up in this updraft lifting most ASX tech shares today.

There is another development worth discussing, though. As we covered earlier today, rumours are flying around that Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Ltd (ASX: ANZ) is looking to acquire Xero rival MYOB. MYOB is a fellow accounting software provider used by more than a million small businesses in Australia.

MYOB was once an ASX-listed share in its own right. However, it was bought by private equity firm KKR for $2.9 billion in 2019.

So if ANZ does indeed buy MYOB, it could have implications for Xero in the Australian and New Zealand markets. But this is just a rumour at this stage. And it’s unclear whether this is impacting the Xero share price today.

Whatever the reason for the Xero share price’s strong performance today, no doubt it will come as more relief for shareholders.

At the current Xero share price, this ASX 200 tech share has a market capitalisation of $11.46 billion.

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Motley Fool contributor Sebastian Bowen has no position in any of the stocks mentioned. The Motley Fool Australia’s parent company Motley Fool Holdings Inc. has positions in and has recommended Xero. The Motley Fool Australia has positions in and has recommended Xero. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy. This article contains general investment advice only (under AFSL 400691). Authorised by Scott Phillips.

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