Looking for a growth share or maybe two to buy? If you are, you may want to look at the two listed below.

Here’s why these ASX growth shares are rated highly right now:

Lovisa Holdings Limited (ASX: LOV)

This fast-fashion jewellery retailer could be a top option for growth investors right now.

Thanks to the popularity of its affordable offering, its focus on younger consumers, and its ambitious global expansion plans, Lovisa has been tipped to grow strongly in the coming years.

In respect to its expansion plans, the company recently revealed that it has already added a further 47 net new stores to its network in FY 2023. This brings its total to 676 stores across 26 countries. This helped drive exceptionally strong growth financial year to date despite the uncertain economic environment.

Lovisa Holdings $LOV has recorded a 60% lift in total sales over the first 19 weeks of FY23 (including 47 net new stores). Like-for-like sales growth (not incl. store openings) +16.1% on FY22. $LOV now has 676 stores in 26 countries (+100 stores in 12 months).

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But it won’t be stopping there. Far from it! Management also advised the retailer’s first stores in Italy, Mexico, and Hungary are due to open in the coming weeks. 

A recent note reveals that UBS has put a buy rating and $29.00 price target on Lovisa’s shares. 

Xero Limited (ASX: XRO)

This cloud accounting platform provider could be another ASX growth to buy for 2023.

Much like Lovisa, Xero has a very strong growth outlook. This is thanks to its huge global market opportunity.

At the last count, Xero was providing its core accounting solution, as well as payroll, workforce management, expenses and projects solutions, to a total of 3.3 million global subscribers.

However, Goldman Sachs points out that Xero has a “compelling global growth story” and is barely even scratching at the surface of its total addressable market (TAM) of ~45 million+ subscribers. In light of this, the broker believes the company is well-placed for strong growth over the next decade and beyond.

Goldman Sachs has a buy rating on Xero’s shares with a $115.00 price target.

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Yes, the S&P/ASX 200 Index (ASX: XJO) has roared back, gaining 13.5% since the start of October.

But with steep interest rate rises still yet to fully bite into consumer spending and much of the developed world possibly heading into recession, it’s no time to be profligate with stock choices.

Quality businesses are the name of the game as we head into an uncertain 2023.

Here are a couple of ideas:

‘One of the highest quality companies on the ASX’

Spotee Connect founder Elio D’Amato is a fan of technology services provider TechnologyOne Ltd (ASX: TNE).

“Supported by its loyal and expanding client base, this cloud-based software solutions provider delivered an excellent full-year report,” D’Amato told The Bull.

“It offers a strong balance sheet. TechnologyOne’s objective is more than $500 million in recurring revenue by fiscal year 2026.”

The share price, unlike most of its tech peers, is actually up 8.57% year to date. In fact, TechOne has impressively rallied more than 33% since the start of October.

According to Google Finance, the price-to-earnings ratio now sits at almost 52.

“While some may be quick to point to its lofty valuation, TechnologyOne remains one of the highest quality companies on the ASX, in our opinion.”

D’Amato recommends TechOne shares as a buy, but other experts are a tad more uncertain.

Six out of the nine analysts that cover the stock, according to CMC Markets, are rating the stock as a hold.

‘Double-digit earnings growth and increasing dividends’

In times of rising interest rates, it’s often tricky to figure out where bank shares are headed.

In one camp, experts say rate increases benefit banks because they fatten up net interest margins.

The bears say higher interest rates deteriorate customers’ ability to pay back loans, triggering a rise in defaults, which is adverse for business.

D’Amato is in the former camp, at least for National Australia Bank Ltd (ASX: NAB).

“The bank delivered a strong fiscal year 2022 result,” he said.

“It generated revenue and cash earnings growth on the prior corresponding period, and the business banking division led the way.”

The NAB share price is 6.6% higher than where it started the year, while delivering a 4.8% dividend yield.

D’Amato noted that the changing net interest margin is a boon for the major bank.

“The company widened its net interest margin in the 2022 second half when compared to the first half,” he said.

“The second half net interest margin was above analyst expectations.”

Next year will be even better for NAB investors, D’Amato feels.

“We remain optimistic that NAB can deliver double-digit earnings growth and increasing dividends in fiscal year 2023.”

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Ask A Fund Manager

The Motley Fool chats with the best in the industry so that you can get an insight into how the professionals think. In this edition, Tribeca Investment Partners portfolio manager Simon Brown analyses the market in 2022 and predicts where small cap ASX shares are headed in 2023.

Investment style

The Motley Fool: How would you describe your fund to a potential client?

Simon Brown: I’m Simon Brown, I’m co-portfolio manager of the Tribeca Smaller Companies Fund. We are a small companies fund focused on stocks that benchmark to the S&P/ASX Small Ordinaries (ASX: XSO). 

We started in 1999, so we’ve been around over 20 years. We’ve managed to outperform the small companies index throughout that period. We target 5% to 7% alpha over that benchmark on a rolling three-year basis. 

We are a fund that doesn’t have any particular growth or value bias. We look to outperform all markets and through all seasons and we’re open to retail and institutional investors alike.

MF: When we last spoke to you, everyone was very happy coming out of the Delta lockdowns and the market was very bullish. 

Now, a year later, where do you think the market is at and where do you think it’s heading?

SB: Coming into Christmas, expectations for the Australian economy have been probably a little bit more upbeat than other global economies such as the US and particularly Europe, which have had some challenges on energy and the impacts from the Russia-Ukraine war.

We’ve been having a bit of a Christmas rally, as the market tends to do. This is a strong seasonal period historically for the markets, and I think you’re seeing that playing out. I think there’s an element of positioning to the rally as well.

I think maybe investors got a bit too bearish and a little bit too underweight [in] the [share] market, and you’re seeing markets can [and] often do take the path of least resistance. At the moment, that path of least resistance seems to be high, given the level of under-positioning, potentially by investors. 

Short interest has been rising, a lot of institutional and hedge fund investors got quite underweight [as] the market, cash levels got quite high. And you’ve come through a period where the central bank rhetoric, particularly in the US, has been quite hawkish. But you’ve seen just the first hits of inflation peaking out and some of those central banks, such as the RBA in Australia, getting a little bit less hawkish, or you might say a little bit more dovish.

Not to say that they’re sort of forecasting rate cuts, but just rate rises going up a little bit more slowly. And it can often be the rate of change slowing, just rates going up, can often be enough, when positioning’s as light as it is, to set off a bit of a rally.

MF: I imagine it’s been a pretty rough year for your fund because smaller caps have really suffered, haven’t they?

SB: Yes. Small caps have taken a bit of a hit, that you tend to [see] in periods of market distress. Investors tend to congregate in more liquid names because they feel they’re a little bit safer. 

And some of those larger cap names also tend to operate in industries that are already pretty well consolidated. If you’d like to think about some of the monopolistic characteristics of say, the classifieds or even the large banks or the supermarkets, where they have a fair degree of pricing power — that’s where investors tend to gravitate in times of market volatility.

So it’s natural that the smaller end tends to be higher beta, they’re a little bit more leveraged to growth, particularly Australian domestic economic growth. Economic growth’s been slowing by the rate rises as central banks try to tackle inflation.

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If you’re an income investor looking for dividends to boost your income in 2023, then you may want to consider the ASX shares listed below.

Both of these ASX 200 dividend shares have been rated as buys and tipped to provide investors with attractive yields in the coming years.

Here’s what you need to know about these shares:

Coles Group Ltd (ASX: COL)

This supermarket giant has been tipped as a dividend share to buy by analysts at Morgans.

The broker currently has an add rating and $19.50 price target on its shares. This compares to the latest Coles share price of $16.83.

Morgans believes that Coles’ shares are trading at an attractive level for investors at the current level. Particularly given its defensive characteristics in this uncertain economic environment. The broker commented:

Trading on 20.6x FY23F PE and 4.0% yield, we continue to see COL as offering good value with the company’s solid balance sheet and defensive characteristics putting it in a good position to navigate through a weaker economic environment. The unwinding of local shopping should also help further market share gains.

As for dividends, Morgans expects:

• FY 2023 fully franked dividends of 64 cents per share (3.8% yield)
• FY 2024 fully franked dividends of 66 cents per share (3.9% yield)

National Australia Bank Ltd (ASX: NAB)

This big four bank has also been named as a buy for income investors. Goldman Sachs is bullish on the banking giant and has a buy rating and $34.81 price target on its shares. This compares to the latest NAB share price of $31.26.

Goldman Sachs likes NAB due to its exposure to commercial lending, which it expects to perform better than home lending in the current environment. The broker also highlights NAB’s productivity and cost management as big positives. It explained:

We reiterate our Buy on NAB given: i) we see volume momentum over the next 12 months as favouring commercial volumes over housing volumes and NAB provides the best exposure to this thematic, ii) NAB has delivered the highest levels of productivity over the last three years, which we think leaves it well positioned for an environment of elevated inflationary pressure, iii) NAB’s cost management initiatives, which seem further progressed vs. peers.

In respect to dividends, Goldman is forecasting:

• FY 2023 fully franked dividends of $1.66 per share (5.3% yield)
• FY 2024 fully franked dividends of $1.73 per share (5.5% yield)

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On Monday, the S&P/ASX 200 Index (ASX: XJO) started the week with a gain. The benchmark index rose 0.3% to 7,325.6 points.

Will the market be able to build on this on Tuesday? Here are five things to watch:

ASX 200 expected to fall

The Australian share market looks set to take a tumble on Tuesday following a poor night of trade on Wall Street amid interest rate worries. According to the latest SPI futures, the ASX 200 is poised to open the day 54 points or 0.75% lower. In late trade in the United States, the Dow Jones is down 1.6%, the S&P 500 is down 2.05%, and the NASDAQ has tumbled 2.2%.

Reserve Bank meeting

The Reserve Bank of Australia is meeting later today to decide on the cash rate. According to a note out of Westpac Banking Corp (ASX: WBC), its economists are expecting the central bank to raise the cash rate by 0.25% from 2.85% to 3.1%.

Oil prices sink

Energy producers such as Beach Energy Ltd (ASX: BPT) and Santos Ltd (ASX: STO) could have a tough day after oil prices sank overnight. According to Bloomberg, the WTI crude oil price is down 3.4% to US$77.29 a barrel and the Brent crude oil price has fallen 3% to US$83.03 a barrel. Oil prices tumbled after economic data increased interest rates worries.

Domino’s named as a buy

The Domino’s Pizza Enterprises Ltd (ASX: DMP) share price could be great value according to analysts at Morgans. According to a note, the broker has retained its add rating and lifted its price target to $90.00. It said: “Recent positive share price movements in the global QSR sector, combined with the accretive impact of the [German joint venture] transaction, result in our target price increasing from $88 to $90. We retain an ADD rating.”

Gold price tumbles

Gold shares Evolution Mining Ltd (ASX: EVN) and Regis Resources Limited (ASX: RRL) could have a difficult day after the gold price tumbled overnight. According to CNBC, the spot gold price is down 1.7% to US$1,779.9 an ounce. Concerns over the outlook for interest rates weighed on the precious metal.

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The Novonix Ltd (ASX: NVX) share price had a tough run in November.

Novonix shares fell 16.42% between market close on 31 October and 30 November. For perspective, the S&P/ASX 200 Index (ASX: XJO) climbed 6.13% in the same time frame.

Let’s take a look at how Novonix shares performed in November.

What happened?

Novonix shares fell in November following a very strong month in October. The company’s shares soared 52% between market close on 30 September and 31 October.

As my Foolish colleague James noted recently, Novonix shares may have come under pressure in November due to profit taking on the gains in the previous month. Further, battery materials shares were under pressure during the month due to demand concerns from China.

Novonix is a battery materials and technology company working on solutions for electric vehicles and grid energy storage. The company has operations in Canada and the United States.

Novonix provided an update on its US$150 million grant from the US Department of Energy (DOE) in early November. The grant will support the company’s anode materials division to scale up domestic production of synthetic graphite anode materials.

The project is expected to cost about US$1 billion between 2023 and 2025.

On 9 November, Novonix advised it had launched a new pilot production facility for cathode materials.

Commenting on this facility, Novonix CEO and founder Chris Burns said:

Launching our cathode pilot facility is another significant step in NOVONIX’s efforts to pioneer
a North American battery supply chain and revolutionize the sector with high quality materials
and more efficient production methods.

The team at Morgans placed a speculative buy rating and a $3.11 price target on Novonix shares in November.

Novonix share price snapshot

Novonix shares have fallen 72% in the past year, while they have lost 75% year to date.

For perspective, the ASX 200 has climbed 1.17% in the last year.

Novonix has a market capitalisation of about $1.1 billion based on the current share price.

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The S&P/ASX 200 Index (ASX: XJO) got off to a good start this week. The index finished Monday’s session 0.33% higher at 7,325.6 points.

The S&P/ASX 200 Energy Index (ASX: XEJ) posted the market’s biggest gains today, lifting 1.5% despite a disappointing Friday for global oil prices.

The Brent crude oil price fell 1.5% to US$85.57 a barrel on Friday while the US Nymex crude oil price slumped 1.5% to US$79.98 a barrel.

Perhaps less surprisingly, the S&P/ASX 200 Materials Index (ASX: XMJ) also soared, gaining 1.4% after a strong session for iron ore.

Iron ore futures surged 4.2% to US$107.44 a tonne on Friday, leaving it up 15.9% for the week just been. 

Also on Friday, S&P Dow Jones Indices outlined upcoming changes to the index, set to take effect on 19 December. From then on, St Barbara Ltd (ASX: SBM) will be removed from the ASX 200 with Monadelphous Group Limited (ASX: MND) taking its place.

But it wasn’t all green on the Aussie bourse today. The S&P/ASX 200 Health Care Index (ASX: XHJ) slipped 0.7% while the S&P/ASX 200 Utilities Index (ASX: XUJ) dumped 1.1%.

At the end of Monday’s session, six of the ASX 200’s 11 sectors were in the green. But which stock took out today’s top spot? Keep reading to find out.

Top 10 ASX 200 shares countdown

Monday’s top-performing ASX 200 stock was Fortescue Metals Group Limited (ASX: FMG). Its share price soared 6.9% today.

Today’s biggest gains were made by these shares:

ASX-listed company	Share price	Price change
Fortescue Metals Group Limited (ASX: FMG)	$21.03	6.86%
Beach Energy Ltd (ASX: BPT)	$1.895	5.28%
Rio Tinto Limited (ASX: RIO)	$116.13	3.74%
South32 Ltd (ASX: S32)	$4.34	3.58%
Adbri Ltd (ASX: ABC)	$1.785	3.48%
Karoon Energy Ltd (ASX: KAR)	$2.40	3.45%
Sandfire Resources Ltd (ASX: SFR)	$5.42	3.24%
Ramelius Resources Limited (ASX: RMS)	$1.02	3.03%
Deterra Royalties Ltd (ASX: DRR)	$4.76	2.81%
Inghams Group Ltd (ASX: ING)	$2.95	2.79%

Our top 10 shares countdown is a recurring end-of-day summary to let you know which companies were making big moves on the day. Check in at Fool.com.au after the weekday market closes to see which stocks make the countdown.

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The BHP Group Ltd (ASX: BHP) share price has charged higher today.

BHP shares are up 2.80% near the close, trading at $47.00 after hitting a high of $47.25 earlier this afternoon. The S&P/ASX 200 Index (ASX: XJO) is also in the green, up 0.53% at the time of writing.

Shares in BHP have lifted today, but the company is not the only ASX mining share in the green. The RIO Tinto Ltd (ASX: RIO) share price is up 3.60% today, while Fortescue Metals Group Ltd (ASX: FMG) shares are soaring 7.77%.

Let’s take a look at what is going on with the BHP share price.

What’s going on?

BHP is a major iron ore producer. The company also explores copper, nickel, potash and metallurgical coal.

The company’s share price momentum today follows a 4.2% lift in iron ore futures in the United States on Friday to US$107.44 a tonne. Overall, iron ore surged 15.9% last week.

Iron ore futures on the Singapore Exchange are currently up 1.96% to US$108 per tonne.

Commenting on the iron ore price, ANZ head of economics David Plank said in a research note that iron ore was “buoyed by China’s moves to support the property sector”. He added:

These measures should have a better chance of developing into stronger demand for steel and iron ore.

Meanwhile, BHP provided a non-price-sensitive update on an English High Court case today. BHP has filed a defence against a group action claim seeking damages for alleged losses related to the Fundao Dam collapse in 2015. BHP denies the claims in their entirety.

Share price snapshot

The BHP share price has soared 31% in the last 12 months, while it has gained nearly 28% year to date.

For perspective, the ASX 200 has returned 1.37% in the last year.

BHP has a market capitalisation of around $238 billion based on the current share price.

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The A2 Milk Company Ltd (ASX: A2M) share price was a strong performer in November.

During the period, the infant formula company’s shares rose almost 18%.

This means the A2 Milk share price is now in positive territory for 2022 with a year to date gain of 12%.

Why did the A2 Milk share price smash the market in November?

There were a couple of key catalysts for the strong A2 Milk share price performance in November.

The first was news that the US Food & Drug Administration has granted A2 Milk approval to import, sell, and distribute infant formula products in the US market.

Due to the timing of the agreement, management doesn’t expect any impact in the first half of FY 2023. However, it estimates that it will ship 1 million cans of infant formula to the country during the second half.

The company also notes that it has capacity to supply upwards of 9 million cans in the future if required. So, this could be the beginning of something much greater if all goes to plan.

A2 Milk’s CEO, David Bortolussi, commented:

We are increasing our supply to respond to this situation, while importantly ensuring that we continue to meet the needs of our other IMF consumers and trade partners in China and other markets. If the US requires further support over an extended period, we have the proven ability to scale up significantly.

What else?

Also supporting the A2 Milk share price was the company’s ongoing NZ$150 million on-market share buyback.

After commencing on 8 November, the company was regularly dipping into the market to buy shares and then retire them. So much so, according to its 1 December buyback notice, A2 Milk had bought 7,159,019 shares during the month since the buyback began.

This represents in the region of $43 million in buyback, which means there’s still plenty more to come in December and beyond.

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