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A portfolio manager has shed light on reasons to hold selective ASX shares amid the COVID-19 reopening and rising interest rates.

The fundie is holding Aristocrat Leisure Limited (ASX: ALL), Corporate Travel Management (ASX: CTD), Cleanaway Waste Management Ltd (ASX: CWY), and Qube Holdings Ltd (ASX: QUB).

Let’s take a look at why this expert is interested in these shares.

Why are these ASX shares beneficial?

SG Hiscock High Conviction Fund portfolio manager Hamish Tadgell outlined why he favours certain “reopening trades” at this time. Speaking to the Australian Financial Review, Tadgell said:

We continue to favour selective reopening trades and higher cyclical exposure which not only stand to benefit as demand recovers from the pandemic but also as rates tighten.

Outlining his reasons for this outlook on specific shares, Tadgell said:

Aristocrat Leisure and Corporate Travel … have experienced COVID-19 headwinds, but [have] been able to emerge stronger through taking market share and actively participating in industry consolidation.

Aristocrat is an Australian gaming technology company operating in 90 countries with multiple product offerings including pokie machines and casino management systems.

Meantime, Corporate Travel Management is a travel company offering events, leisure, loyalty, and wholesale travel to the corporate sector.

Commenting on two other shares he would hold, Tadgell added:

Cleanaway and Qube Logistics are two other quality companies with market leadership, a strong competitive advantage, assets that [are] hard to replicate and should benefit as borders open and volumes in their respective sectors recover.

Cleanaway is a waste management company providing environmental solutions in Australia and the United Kingdom.

Meanwhile, Qube is a logistics company operating in 130 locations including Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Malaysia, and Papua New Guinea.

The Aristocrat share price finished 1.65% higher on Tuesday, while Corporate Travel slid 2.48%. Cleanaway closed the session 0.37% in the green today and Qube dropped 1.99%.

Share price recap

Aristocrat shares have gained 6% in the past year, while Corporate Travel Management is 7% higher.

Cleanaway has had a solid past 12 months, climbing nearly 19% although Qube has dropped more than 1% over that time.

For perspective, the  S&P/ASX 200 Index (ASX: XJO) has returned 3.57% in the past year.

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Today, the S&P/ASX 200 Index (ASX: XJO) broke below 7,000 points once again as miners and energy shares lost their gusto. At the end of the session, the benchmark index finished 0.83% lower at 6,980.3 points.

Despite concerns of a material and energy supply shortage, companies operating in these sectors took a moment on the sidelines today as investors cashed in on the recent strength. Meanwhile, supermarket giants and healthcare shares added some green to the boards on Tuesday.

However, the question is: which shares delivered the biggest returns to investors on the ASX today? Here are the top ten stocks that came through for investors:

Top 10 ASX shares countdown today

Looking at the top 200 listed companies, Meridian Energy Ltd (ASX: MEZ) was the biggest gainer today. Shares in the New Zealand renewable electricity generator jumped 6.43% after the company released a copy of its slides from a presentation to the New Zealand Shareholders’ Association. Find out more about Meridian Energy here.

The next biggest gaining ASX share today was Imugene Ltd (ASX: IMU). The clinical-stage immuno-oncology company pushed higher despite there being no new announcements. Shares in the company gained 4.44% while the broader market weakened. Uncover the latest Imugene details here.

Today’s top 10 biggest gains were made in these ASX shares:

ASX-listed company	Share price	Price change
Meridian Energy Ltd (ASX: MEZ)	$4.80	6.43%
Imugene Ltd (ASX: IMU)	$0.235	4.44%
Zimplats Holdings Ltd (ASX: ZIM)	$29.37	3.89%
Summerset Group Holdings Ltd (ASX: SNZ)	$11.40	3.64%
Johns Lyng Group Ltd (ASX: JLG)	$7.98	3.64%
Woolworths Group Ltd (ASX: WOW)	$35.74	3.36%
CSL Ltd (ASX: CSL)	$256.65	2.80%
Wisetech Global Ltd (ASX: WTC)	$45.36	2.39%
Resmed Inc (ASX: RMD)	$33.70	1.94%
Coles Group Ltd (ASX: COL)	$17.50	1.86%

Our top 10 ASX shares today countdown is a recurring end-of-day summary to ensure you know which companies were making big moves on the day. Check-in at Fool.com.au after the market has closed during weekdays to see which stocks make the countdown.

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Shares in AVZ Minerals Ltd (ASX:AVZ) tracked lower today and finished 7% in the red by the close of trade on Tuesday.

The AVZ share price walked lower today despite no market-sensitive information from the company or its constituents.

Although, the benchmark S&P/ASX 200 Index (ASX: XJO) also finished down 65 basis points alongside the S&P/ASX 300 Metals & Mining Index (ASX: XMM), itself trailing the market at a 3.37% loss today.

One important factor to consider is that AVZ was just added to the benchmark index on 4 March, meaning shares are now susceptible to buying and selling from large investment funds restricted to ASX 200 shares in their mandate.

With both major indices taking a hit today, it appears there was weakness across the board in Australian markets today.

What else could be at play?

Understandably, many investors might be confused as to why AVZ is faltering today as the price of lithium continues to set record highs.

The battery metal has climbed more than 29% in a month and is up more than 600% in the last single year. Recently, it surged again from November last year and has set continuous record highs to today.

Even more perplexing, is that when zooming out and scoping out a longer time frame, the AVZ share price and the price of lithium (and what the market expects to pay) track each other very closely.

The chart below shows AVZ versus the March 2022 lithium futures contract’s rolling return over the past 12 months, plus the corresponding changes.

However, over the past week or so, the relationship has soured and there appears to be more at play than just the correlation between the price of lithium and AVZ stock.

Stock markets around the world have taken a beating in the past few weeks amid the tension and conflict arising from the Russia-Ukraine situation in Europe.

In fact, across the board asset classes are absorbing losses and there isn’t much escape for investors in the form of a safe haven.

Raw commodities, such as gold, lithium and nickel (and not necessarily equities backing these) are just about the only asset group that is faring gains in 2022, with most other sectors and/or products down considerably.

Nickel spot basically doubled overnight amid supply fears from the conflict in Europe, for example.

It has soared 144% in the past 5 days while the iShares MSCI World Index Fund (NYSE: URTH), i.e. the ‘world stock market’ has dropped nearly 4%.

As seen on the chart below, benchmarks for all major stock indices around the world are crumbling in 2022.

Each of the London FTSE 100 Index (UKX), the S&P 500 Index (NYSE: SPX), Germany’s DAX Performance Index (GDAXI), the S&P/ASX 200 Index and Euro Stoxx 50 (SX5E) are down considerably this year to date and have diverged completely from the commodities sector.

Notably, each of these benchmarks is (or was, anyway) heavily weighted towards a tech bias.

However, the global commodities bucket has outstripped traditional equity markets and is soaring to new highs, as seen by Bloomberg Commodities Index (BCOM) in purple and the S&P/ASX 300 Metals & Mining performance above.

When looking at AVZ from a longer timeframe – the last 6 months to be exact – we see it has tracked the Australian mining basket closely and is trading above the benchmark index by a considerable amount.

As such, it appears the selloff in AVZ shares is a part of a wider selloff across the board in markets today. A homage to remaining diligent to a long-term perspective when investing.

AVZ share price snapshot

In the last 12 months, the AVZ share price has soared over 303% and another 4% this year to date. During the past month of trading, shares have eclipsed a gain of 6%.

The current levels that AVZ is trading at mark the highest prices in its history since first listing on the ASX back in 2007.

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Today wasn’t a great day for most ASX shares. The All Ordinaries Index (ASX: XAO) ended up losing 0.93% over this Tuesday’s trading session. But that loss was eclipsed by the Race Oncology Ltd (ASX: RAC) share price.

Race shares ended up finishing at $2.30 a share, down a nasty 9.8% for the day. What’s worse, the company hit $2.27 during intra-day trading a new 52-week low for Race Oncology. That puts the company’s losses over 2022 so far at 36%, including 17.3% over the past 5 trading days. Its 12-month loss now stands at 38%.

So why did this company have such a lousy day of trading today?

Race to the bottom for Race Oncology share price

Well, unfortunately, it’s not entirely clear. There were no announcements or news out of the company to speak of. Nor have there been since a major update in January, which was an activities update for the December quarter. Back then, the company announced that its capital raising had been successful and oversubscribed at $3 a share. Race also reported a healthy cash position as well as a “preclinical discovery into heart protection during cancer treatment”.

That caused the Race share price to rise at the time. But investors appear to have forgotten all about those developments today.

So while it’s unclear exactly what spooked investors today, it could just be the nature of the company itself. As a small-cap ASX share with a market capitalisation of just over $400 million, Race is a company that could have been treated as a more speculative investment by some of its shareholders. As such, on a day like today when investors didn’t seem in the mood to take risks, Race shares might have just been the victim of some fear-provoked selling pressure.

Whatever the reasons for today’s sell off, Race shareholders will undoubtedly be hoping for better fortunes over the rest of the week.

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The BlueScope Steel Limited (ASX: BSL) share price share price has fallen more than 8% today, making it one of the worst performers in the S&P/ASX 200 Index (ASX: XJO).

Looking at the overall performance of the ASX, the ASX 200 fell around 0.8% today.

The steelmaker has actually seen its shares fall by 11% this year, so its fall today represented a majority of the decline that it has seen in 2022.

What’s going on with the BlueScope Steel share price?

There was no material news out from the company today.

Interestingly, steel prices have been rising in recent days amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

According to reporting by Bloomberg, several large steel producers in Ukraine have closed because of the war. It’s normally a top-five exporter of steel to the EU, so this could cause supplies to tighten further there. Russian steel producers are also facing difficulties to export.

Data from Kallanish Commodities shows that EU steel prices jumped 22% to 1,160 euros a tonne.

However, iron ore prices have also been increasing. Iron ore prices have reportedly reached six-month highs of US$156.

Broker thoughts

UBS has just released a note that acknowledged the increasing costs that BlueScope is facing, which is expected to hurt profitability in FY22 and FY23. But the broker still rates the business as a buy w9th a price target of $25.75 based on a slightly better outlook in the longer-term.

BlueScope share price snapshot and valuation

Based on UBS’ latest estimates, the BlueScope share price is now valued at 8x FY23’s estimated earnings.

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Stand aside Warren Buffet, Carl Icahn, and Peter Lynch. The next generation of famous investors might be women. Today is International Women’s Day 2022, and we’re looking at the women steering funds dominating the ASX benchmark index.

This year’s theme is ‘Break the Bias’. And while the world of finance is often dominated by male voices, it has the potential to be a great equaliser.

The latest ASX Australia Investor Study – published in 2020 – found that of the nine million Australians who invest, 42% are women.

Additionally, women made up 45% of new investors during the COVID-19 pandemic, and 51% of Australians intending to invest.

Another study, conducted in the United States by Fidelity Investments, found 71% of women aged between 25 and 40 invest outside of retirement.

Now, there’s just one more statistic to add – women tend to be better investors than their male counterparts.

Fidelity Investments found female investors, on average, outperform their male counterparts by 0.4%.

Today, for International Women’s Day, let’s celebrate the female fund managers dominating against the ASX benchmark.

International Women’s Day: 3 female fundies bringing impressive returns

Mary Manning – Alphinity Global Equity Fund

As of 31 January 2022, Aphinity’s Global Fund – with Manning at the helm – has brought investors a 12-month return of 32.6%.

For comparison, the S&P/ASX 200 Index (ASX: XJO) gained 5.7% over the 12 months ended 31 January.

Manning is one of five portfolio managers for the Global Fund. She also manages Alphinity’s Global Sustainably Equity Fund.

Emma Fisher – Airlie Funds Management’s Australian Equity Fund

As portfolio manager for Airlie Funds Management’s Australian Equity Fund, Fisher provided investors a 12-month return of 19.3% as of 28 February.

Fisher has managed the $296.9 million fund since 2018, having started her career in equity research eight years earlier.

Catherine Allfrey – WaveStone Capital’s Dynamic Australian Equity Fund

As WaveStone Capital principal and portfolio manager, Allfrey provided Dynamic Australian Equity Fund investors a gross 12-month return of 17.1% as of 31 January.

Allfrey also oversees WaveStone Capital’s Australian Share Fund. It provided a 14.9% gross return in the same time frame – outperforming the S&P/ASX 300 Index (ASX: XKO) by 5.3%.

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The past year has certainly not been the easiest for ASX investors. The immense volatility that we’ve seen over 2022 thus far has put a dampener on the reasonably solid returns we saw for ASX shares over 2021. On current pricing, the S&P/ASX 200 Index (ASX: XJO) has given investors a return of approximately 3.1% over the past 12 months. That’s not terrible by any means. But it’s also a figure that isn’t going to light any fires. So to hear that not one, but two ASX fund managers have managed to give investors 30% gains over the past 12 months is certainly something we should be paying attention to.

According to a report in the Australian Financial Review (AFR), the Collins Street Value Fund and the Ausbil Global Resources Fund are two managed funds that have delivered exceptional returns to investors over the past 12 months.

How did they do it? Well, it was reportedly thanks to some well-timed positions in the resources and energy sectors. ASX resources and energy shares have been the talk of the ASX town over the past few weeks. This is especially been the case more recently as global geopolitical crises such as the war in Ukraine crimp supply chains.

We’ve seen oil, gas and coal, as well as gold and copper, take flight in recent weeks. Oil is now at highs we haven’t seen for the best part of a decade.

Oil is black gold for these 30% fund managers

According to the report, the Collins Street Value fund launched a “special situations strategy targeting offshore oil companies” last year. It loaded the boat on Beach Energy Ltd (ASX: BPT) in particular, buying near the company’s “2021 lows”.

The managing director and portfolio manager for Collins Street Value, Michael Goldberg, told the report that investors’ willingness to move away from fossil fuels like oil has “clouded the reality of strong demand and weak supply that have pushed oil, gas and coal prices higher over the past year”. Here’s some more of what he said:

Oil was going to strengthen regardless and now we’re seeing Russia, a major oil producer, triggering uncertainty about output… There’s a massive tailwind and investors who view what we are seeing as a top because of Ukraine are missing the picture of what will happen in the next few decades.

Ausbil Global Resources has also benefitted enormously from hooking the bandwagon to the energy sector. The report notes that the fund’s third-largest holding is the US energy giant Occidental Petroleum Corporation (NYSE: OXY). Occidental shares have rocketed by more than 150% since last October, and by 40% in the past month alone. Ausbil’s Luke Smith told the report that he believes we are entering a “commodities supercycle”.

As of January 31, the Ausbil Global Fund had returned 29.8% over the preceding 12 months. The Collins Street Value Fund has reportedly gained more than 30% since the second half of last year.

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Yesterday we looked at three ASX shares brokers have given buy ratings to this week.

Unfortunately, not all shares are in favour with them right now. Three that have just been given sell ratings are listed below. Here’s why these brokers are bearish on these ASX shares:

ASX Ltd (ASX: ASX)

According to a note out of Morgan Stanley, its analysts have retained their underweight rating and $73.70 price target on this stock exchange operator’s shares. This follows the release of the company’s monthly activity report, which reveals that futures volumes are still down materially over the prior corresponding period. In addition, the broker sees risks with the CEO leaving during the CHESS replacement. The ASX share price ended the day at $79.39 on Tuesday.

Blackmores Limited (ASX: BKL)

A note out of Goldman Sachs reveals that its analysts have downgraded this health supplements company’s shares to a sell rating with a $75.20 price target. Goldman was pleased with Blackmores’ performance during the first half but has concerns over its profit outlook. This is due to the company spending heavily to rebuild its brand in existing markets and launch into new markets. The Blackmores share price has now tumbled below this price target and was fetching $74.34 at Tuesday’s close.

Magellan Financial Group Ltd (ASX: MFG)

Analysts at UBS have retained their sell rating and cut their price target on this struggling fund manager’s shares to $13.50. According to the note, the broker believes that Magellan’s shares could still fall further due to fund outflow risks. This is particularly the case for its infrastructure funds, which the broker sees as an emerging risk. This follows a recent underperformance from this side of the business. The Magellan share price was trading at $14.22 on Tuesday afternoon.

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The price of gold is soaring and this ASX share is dancing to the same tune, having roared up 22% in a month.

Shares in Gold Road Resources Ltd (ASX: GOR) closed at $1.68 apiece on Tuesday, down 0.88% on the day.

The Gold Road share price has bounced hard from a bottom of $1.31 on 1 February to now trade 28% higher after setting a new 52-week closing high yesterday.

Investors are galvanised behind ASX gold miners, like Gold Road, amid a new rally the precious metal has staged over the past few months. It’s seen the gold price beat past record highs.

As such, one broker is constructive on Gold Road and tips the company to deliver a considerable amount of upside in 2022 should its thesis play out. Let’s take a look.

Can Gold Road Resources surge another 17%?

Analysts at Swiss investment bank UBS are among Gold Road’s latest bullish followers. The broker tips the company is set to deliver its best year on record.

Gold Road, the 50% owner of the Australian Gruyere gold mine, has the capacity to be processing approximately 10 million tonnes of ore each year by mid FY24.

The price of gold has surged to all-time highs of US$1,987 per troy ounce this week, amid geopolitical tensions in Europe and risky undertones feeding into financial markets.

These strengths are set to bode well for the company given its ‘price taker’ status. This means the company’s fortunes are heavily reliant on gold prices quoted in spot and/or futures markets.

Furthermore, the company’s access to higher grades of ore may even see its output rates nudge past 380,000 ounces on an annual basis, UBS says.

This would stretch the company’s earnings profile to new heights and mark a period of substantial growth for Gold Road.

The broker also says this growth could even come with lower operating costs, something that will also help margins stay healthy as production increases.

“This growth comes with almost no additional capex and the increased production rates should keep downward pressure on unit costs,” it remarks.

The price of gold is incredibly important in determining how Gold Road’s share price fares. The two are inextricably linked, just as they are for all ASX gold miners.

The relationship is illustrated by the chart, below:

Valuation also has UBS chomping at the bit in Gold Road’s case, backed by a strong free cash flow conversion and a risk profile that is most likely already baked into the share price.

“Gold Road does present single mine risk and M&A risk,” UBS said, “but it has shown good discipline on the latter and at 4.5x enterprise value-to-EBITDA and more than 9% free cash flow yield.”

“We think this is well [factored into] in the [share] price.”

As a result of its conviction, UBS is heavily bullish on Gold Road, urging its clients to buy the stock and valuing it at $1.94 per share in the process.

According to UBS, Gold Road certainly can climb another 17% to reach its price target.

Gold Road Resources share price summary

In the last 12 months, the Gold Road share price has soared more than 52% and is also up 6.2% this year to date.

During the past month of trading, the company’s shares have shot more than 21% higher.

At its current share price, it has a market capitalisation of $1.4 billion.

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The ASX share market continues to be volatile, with the S&P/ASX 200 Index (ASX: XJO) currently down by 0.75%. Some ASX retail shares are suffering.

Whilst the ASX’s resource sector is helping the index, there are some businesses on the ASX that are hitting 52-week lows. Investors are selling off some companies pretty hard.

Each of the below retailers suffered from store closures and other COVID-19 impacts during the first six months of FY22.

These are some of the ASX retail shares that hit 52-week lows:

Super Retail Group Ltd (ASX: SUL)

The Super Retail Group share price was one of the ones that hit a 52-week low earlier today. It’s currently down 1.6% to $9.82.

Super Retail is the parent business of a few different brands including Super Cheap Auto, Rebel, BCF and Macpac.

The ASX retail share recently reported its FY22 half-year result which showed that revenue and profitability went backwards. Headline sales were down 4% to $1.7 billion and normalised net profit after tax (NPAT) fell by 35.8% to $112.8million.

Accent Group Ltd (ASX: AX1)

The Accent Group share price dropped to $1.66 earlier today. However, it’s currently down 1.75% to $1.68.

Accent is a shoe retailing business that sells through a wide range of different stores and brands. Some brands it owns, others it is the distributor for. It’s responsible for these brands: The Athlete’s Foot, Stylerunner, Reebok, Dr Martens, VANS and Skechers.

Like Super Retail, Accent also told shareholders that the first half suffered a significant drop in profit.

Accent reported first-half sales were up 9.7%, boosted by online sales growth. However, the ASX retail share’s earnings before interest and tax (EBIT) dropped by 62.9% to $30.3 million, whilst NPAT fell harder, declining 72% year on year to $14.8 million.

City Chic Collective Ltd (ASX: CCX)

The City Chic share price fell to $3 today. It was another retailer that hit a 52-week low. It’s down 10% at the time of writing.

City Chic is a global retailer of plus-size clothing for women. It also sells footwear and accessories. The ASX retail share has a number of different brands including City Chic, Evans, Avenue, Navabi and more.

In the FY22 first half, City Chic reported that whilst sales revenue jumped 49.8% to $178.3 million, underlying net profit was $14 million, in line with last year, meaning that the profit margin fell.

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Motley Fool contributor Tristan Harrison has no position in any of the stocks mentioned. The Motley Fool Australia’s parent company Motley Fool Holdings Inc. owns and has recommended Super Retail Group Limited. The Motley Fool Australia owns and has recommended Super Retail Group Limited. The Motley Fool Australia has recommended Accent Group. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy. This article contains general investment advice only (under AFSL 400691). Authorised by Bruce Jackson.

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