It’s been a fairly depressing day for ASX shares this Wednesday, and the same can be said for the Vanguard Australian Shares Index ETF (ASX: VAS). This exchange-traded fund (ETF) has suffered a painful 2.64% drop during this session, closing at $86.21 a unit.

Up until yesterday, this ETF had recorded a year-to-date loss in 2022 of around 8.8%. But with today’s falls, this has stretched all the way to an 11.1% loss.

So what’s going on here? Many investors would doubtless like to know, given that the Vanguard Australian Shares ETF is by far the most popular ETF on the ASX.

Why has the Vanguard Australian Shares ETF had such a terrible day?

Well, to answer that, let’s examine what this ETF actually does. So the Vanguard Australian Shares ETF is an index fund that tracks the S&P/ASX 300 Index (ASX: XKO).

The ASX 300 is an index that tracks the performance of the 300 largest ASX shares by market capitalisation.

Like most indexes, it is also weighted by market cap. This means the largest companies occupy the largest weighting in the index.

So for example, although BHP Group Ltd (ASX: BHP) is just one of the 300 companies in the ASX 300 Index, its status as the largest ASX share by market cap means it currently has a 9.27% weighting (as of 31 July) in the Vanguard Australian Shares ETF.

The short version as to why the Vanguard Australian Shares ETF has dropped 2.64% is because the index it tracks, the ASX 300, has seen a 2.56% fall.

The long version is that most of the heaviest shares in the ASX 300 also fell. For example, the BHP share price lost 1.77% today. Commonwealth Bank of Australia (ASX: CBA) shares shed 3.55%, with the other ASX banks also copping big falls.

With this all going on, the Vanguard Australian Shares ETF was never going to have a good day.

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It has been a tough 12 months for many fund managers, especially for growth focused investors in the small and microcap end of the ASX.

Although the S&P/ASX Emerging Companies Index has “only” fallen around 10% over the past year, that has masked some catastrophic sell-offs in non-mining stocks.

Particularly hard-hit have been a host of recent IPOs, including Booktopia Group Ltd (ASX: BKG) shares plunging over 90%, Hipages Group Holdings Ltd (ASX: HPG) shares sinking over 66% and the Airtasker Ltd (ASX: ART) share price having tanked 56%, all over the past 12 months.

Headed by Graeme Carson & Dean Fergie, the Cyan C3G Fund admits its recent performance has been disappointing, but feels “there are presently a number of emerging market trends that could result in markedly improved short to medium term performance.”

Writing in the August update, the fund managers named the trends as…

• Continued takeover activity in the domestic market
• Further appreciation of underlying company performance
• Increased market liquidity
• Renewed opportunities through IPO and other corporate activity

The fund managers go on to say they feel their “investee companies have been, on the whole, trading well, and are firmly of the view that from present levels upside price appreciation far exceeds downside.”

Building products manufacturer and distributor Big River Industries Ltd (ASX: BRI) was one fund holding that the managers said produced impressive financial results with FY22 revenues rising 45% to $409m and underlying profitability up 191% to $22.7m. The company announced a final dividend of 10 cents per share, and trades on a fully franked dividend yield of around 7%. The Big River share price is flat over the past 12 months.

The fund named Silk Logistics Holdings Ltd (ASX: SLH) as providing one of the highlights of the results season. The warehousing and logistics company delivered FY22 revenue up 22% to $394m and net profit after tax up 45% to $15.8m. The fund went on to say that “with further acquisitions and greenfield sites already confirmed, FY23 is forecast to be another record year. Given the impressive financials it was  both surprising and disappointing the shares closed the month slightly weaker.” The Silk Logistics share price has fallen around 7% over the past 12 months.

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The Pointsbet Holdings Ltd (ASX: PBH) share price suffered the same sting as the rest of the ASX, falling by as much as 7% during Wednesday’s session.

It finished 3.07% lower at $2.21 a share. Meantime, the S&P/ASX 200 Index (ASX: XJO) closed down 2.58% after a major sell-off across Wall Street overnight.

So what has triggered the weakness in the Pointsbet share price along with the rest of the ASX?

Pessimism grows on the back of rising inflation

Overnight reports of higher-than-expected inflation data wreaked havoc on US markets overnight, which flowed onto the ASX today.

The US consumer price index (CPI) increased 8.3% over the year to August compared to 8.5% across the year to July. Stripping out volatile food and energy prices, CPI rose 6.3% across the year to August and 5.9% in July.

Overall, these figures exceeded expectations, fueling pessimism about the future economic outlook.

As a result, ASX sectors like real estate and technology were hit hardest today, shedding 4.16% and 3.15% respectively on Wednesday.

As for the sector that Pointsbet belongs to, the S&P/ASX 200 Consumer Discretionary Index (ASX: XDJ) also closed 3.13% lower today.

The biggest concern for Pointsbet is the potential long-term impact of a rising interest rate environment. This will likely lead to a reduction in discretionary income available for sports betting.

Such pessimism comes at a time when the PointsBet share price was gaining a bit of momentum after opening its 12th sportsbook operation in the US.

Pointsbet has managed to grow revenue rapidly but is struggling to clamp down on operating expenses as its net loss ballooned in FY22.

The biggest drag on its bottom line was the surge in employee expenditure. Given rising inflationary costs, this doesn’t bode well for the company.

Pointsbet share price snapshot

In the last year, the Pointsbet share price has sunk 78%, falling almost 40% in the past month.

In contrast, the ASX 200 has dropped just over 8% across the last year and is down 3% in the past month.

Pointsbet’s current market capitalisation is around $669 million.

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The Northern Star Resources Ltd (ASX: NST) share price was a poor performer on Wednesday.

The gold miner’s shares ended the day 3% to $7.78.

Why did the Northern Star share price drop?

Investors were selling Northern Star and other gold mining shares on Wednesday after the spot gold price pulled back.

According to CNBC, the spot gold price fell 1.55% during overnight trade to US$1,713.6 an ounce. It has continued to edge lower since then and is currently fetching approximately US$1,711 an ounce.

Traders were selling down the gold price following the release of US inflation data. As you might have seen in the news today, US inflation did not cool as many were expecting in August. Instead, it rose slightly month over month despite gasoline prices easing. This has sparked fears that the US Federal Reserve will have to make aggressive rate hikes in order to tame inflation.

This could be bad news for Northern Star and other gold shares. That’s because gold doesn’t provide a yield and loses its allure with investors when cash and term deposits offer decent yields.

So, with interest rates tipped to rise strongly by the end of the year, the gold price could struggle.

Is this a buying opportunity?

A number of brokers remains positive on the Northern Star share price despite rising interest rates.

One of those is Citi, which currently has a buy rating and $10.90 price target on the company’s shares. This implies potential upside of 40% for investors over the next 12 months.

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The Nearmap Ltd (ASX: NEA) share price is defying the heavy sell-off on the ASX today.

At the time of writing, the aerial imagery specialist’s shares are down 0.24% or half a cent to $2.075 apiece.

In contrast, the S&P/ASX 200 Index (ASX: XJO) is down 2.44% to 6,838.8 points.

Nearmap announces update on proposed takeover

In today’s statement, Nearmap provided an update on the proposed scheme by Thoma Bravo to acquire all of the company’s shares.

For the deal to progress onto the next stage, shareholder approval of at least 75% of the votes is required.

This is just one of several conditions within the scheme implementation deed that needs to be satisfied.

The meeting is expected to be held sometime in November this year but will be advised in October.

The Nearmap board has unanimously recommended that shareholders vote in favour of the scheme at the meeting.

However, this is subject to an independent expert concluding that the offer is in the best interest of shareholders, and in the absence of a superior proposal.

Thoma Bravo is offering $2.10 cash per Nearmap share. This represents a 67% premium to the 6-month volume weighted average price of $1.26 to 12 August 2022 (the day before the offer was made).

While you won’t need to do anything for now, keep an eye out for the scheme booklet which will be sent out next month. It will contain information regarding the scheme, an independent expert’s report and details of the meeting.

Nearmap share price summary

Since this time last year, Nearmap shares are up 6% on the back of the offer from Thoma Bravo.

When looking at year-to-date, the share is further in the green by 34%.

Based on today’s price, Nearmap commands a market capitalisation of roughly $1.04 billion, and has 501.82 million shares outstanding.

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It seems like the Qantas Airways Limited (ASX: QNA) share price has taken a back seat and allowed the Regional Express Holdings Ltd (ASX: REX) share price to take the front.

The Qantas share price is down 1.51% to $5.23 per share while the Rex share price is up 5.32% in late afternoon trading.

Let’s take a look at what’s happening with airline shares today.

Experts believe the Qantas share price can go higher

Fund manager Perennial and broker Macquarie are both bullish about Qantas’ future prospects, as covered by my colleague Cathryn Goh.

Both parties expressed their optimism for Qantas’ outlook, believing demand for travel will continue to rise as people shift spending away from personal consumption to leisure activities.

These experts present the bull case but some sections of the market have noted the airline’s dubious decision to engage in a $400 million share buyback.

There have also been grave concerns about the lack of staff causing major constraints to Qantas’ ability to meet demand.

As reported by Reuters, rival Virgin Australia is also experiencing staffing issues, noting its high staff illness rates were hampering capacity, forcing it to lift fares for domestic flights.

Qantas has come under fire recently for the rise in flight delays and cancellations. The problems have been attributed to a shortage of airport workers and high staff illness levels.

Rex leads the way

But where Qantas and Virgin have stumbled, Rex has taken a more proactive approach to address the labour shortage.

Today, the regional airline announced it has signed new industrial agreements with two key sections of its workforce.

Rex noted there was overwhelming staff support, with 75% of flight attendants and 92% of engineers voting in favour of the enterprise agreements.

The new enterprise agreements will be valid for three years for flight attendants and four years for engineers and include pay rises for both groups.

Perhaps Qantas may need to take a leaf out of Rex’s playbook and tackle the labour issue.

The Qantas share price could be under the pump after some negative headlines concerning CEO Alan Joyce receiving almost $80 million since 2012 and a $287,000 pay bump.

Qantas share price snapshot

In the last year, the Qantas share price has fallen 3.5% but has managed to gain 12% in the past month.

By comparison, the S&P/ASX 200 Index (ASX: XJO) is down 8% in the past year and is 3% lower in the last month.

Qantas has a market capitalisation of $9.88 billion.

Qantas shares are currently trading at a price-to-earnings (P/E) multiple of around eight times.

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Many of Australia’s top brokers have been busy adjusting their financial models again, leading to the release of a large number of broker notes this week.

Three ASX shares brokers have named as buys this week are listed below. Here’s why they are bullish on them:

Coronado Global Resources Inc (ASX: CRN)

According to a note out of Macquarie, its analysts have retained their outperform rating and lifted their price target on this coal miner’s shares to $3.50. Macquarie has upgraded its earnings estimates materially to reflect higher coal prices. Overall, it feels Coronado is the best way for investors to gain exposure to sky high coal prices right now. The Coronado share price is trading at $1.68 on Wednesday afternoon.

Ramsay Health Care Limited (ASX: RHC)

A note out of Citi reveals that its analysts have retained their buy rating on this private hospital operator’s shares with a trimmed price target of $73.00. The broker notes that Ramsay’s shares have fallen heavily after takeover talks with KKR collapsed. It sees this as a buying opportunity, highlighting that its shares are trading at an attractive level now. Furthermore, if Ramsay’s shares rise to its price target, it will mean they are trading at 25x FY24 earnings, which Citi feels is fair. The Ramsay share price is fetching $62.98 today.

Temple & Webster Group Ltd (ASX: TPW)

Analysts at Morgan Stanley have retained their overweight rating and $7.00 price target on this online furniture retailer’s shares. Morgan Stanley continues to believe that Temple & Webster’s shares trade at an attractive level following a sharp decline year to date. Particularly for a leader in a structural growth market. The Temple & Webster share price is trading at $5.67 this afternoon.

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ASX lithium shares are a bit of a mixed bag amid the rout across the Aussie stock market today.

At the time of writing, the S&P/ASX 200 Index (ASX: XJO) is down 2.48% following heavy declines on Wall Street overnight.

The Dow Jones tanked 3.94%, along with the tech-heavy Nasdaq losing 5.54% and the S&P 500 shedding 4.32%.

This marked the biggest one-day loss in two years for Wall Street following the release of the consumer price index report for August.

Subsequently, around $60 billion has been wiped off the ASX as global markets reel from the disappointing inflation data.

The US Federal Reserve could lift interest rates by 100 basis points as opposed to the previously forecasted 75 basis points.

It appears the market is bracing for such a move by the US central bank.

While there’s mostly a sea of red on the ASX, some lithium shares are defying the sell-off.

How are these ASX lithium shares faring today?

The Anson Resources Ltd (ASX: ASN) share price touched an all-time high on the back of the company’s assay results from its Paradox Lithium Project.

While its shares have retraced since, they are currently up 7.14% to 45.5 cents apiece.

In addition, the Leo Lithium Ltd (ASX: LLL) share price is cracking 7.41% higher to 72.5 cents following late night’s release of its half-year accounts.

The lithium producer has had a busy 6 months with the completion of the Goulamina Joint Venture.

Leo Lithium is aiming to develop and operate the world-class Goulamina Lithium Project in Mali.

Lastly, the Latin Resources Ltd (ASX: LRS) share price is also pushing upwards despite no company announcements.

The lithium explorer’s shares are up 4.35% to 12 cents.

On the other hand, the Lake Resources NL (ASX: LKE) share price is tumbling 14.57% to $1.085 due to a project dispute.

Conversely, shares in Vulcan Energy Resources Ltd (ASX: VUL) are down 6.52% to $8.17, reversing a majority of its 9.94% gain yesterday.

According to Trading Economics, the price of lithium carbonate is steady at US$71,200 per tonne, up 0.4% in a week.

When looking at year-on-year, lithium prices are up 245%, which isn’t far off from its record high of US$71,800 per tonne.

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The Magellan Financial Group Ltd (ASX: MFG) share price is well in the red this afternoon, down 5.4% at the time of writing.

This might not be surprising with US equities suffering their worst day in two years in trading overnight, our time.

Shares of the global investment company currently trade for $12.515 each, well below yesterday’s closing price of $13.23 a share.

Meantime, the S&P/ASX 200 Financials Index (ASX: XFJ) is also 2.75% lower so far today with the S&P/ASX 200 Index (ASX: XJO) shedding 2.45% at the time of writing.

Other financial services are also taking a hit, including BSP Financial Group Ltd (ASX: BFL), down 1.92%, and Insignia Financial Ltd (ASX: IFL), down 2.7%.

There’s no news from Magellan today to make sense of its share price sell-off. But we can recap some recent events precluding the broader market movements in the US.

What’s going on with the Magellan share price?

In September, my Fool colleague Tristan noted the Magellan Global Fund (ASX: MGF) underperformed global benchmarks while the company’s Airlie Australian Share Fund outperformed the S&P/ASX 200 Accumulation Index (ASX: XJOA).

Just last week, Magellan paid out an impressive final dividend for 2HFY22 of 68.9 cents per share, franked to 80%.

In August, Magellan posted its full-year results for FY22 — and, as my Fool colleague Tristan noted, there weren’t many positives.

Adjusted net profit after tax (NPAT) fell 3% to $399.7 million, while profit before tax and performance fees of the funds management business fell 11% to $470.6 million.

While average funds under management (FUM) dropped 9% to $94.3 billion, the FY22 FUM finished at $61.3 billion.

Significantly, Magellan warned that material outflows of FUM meaningfully impacted its profitability in the second half “and will affect FY23”.

Magellan share price snapshot

The company’s share price is down 34% in 2022 so far and 64% over the past year. That compares to the ASX 200 Index’s 10% loss year to date and 8% decline in the past 12 months.

The company’s current market capitalisation is $2.3 billion.

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The goodwill that we saw for ASX 200 shares earlier this week has evaporated, and then some, today after a savage session of selling. At the time of writing, the S&P/ASX 200 Index (ASX: XJO) has crashed by a painful 2.47% to back under 6,840 points after touching 7,000 points just yesterday.

But let’s at least try not to dwell too much on those sobering numbers. So instead, let’s take stock of the ASX 200 shares currently topping the share market’s trading volume charts, according to investing.com.

The 3 most traded ASX 200 shares by volume this Wednesday

Core Lithium Ltd (ASX: CXO)

Our first ASX 200 share up today is the lithium stock, Core Lithium. This Wednesday has seen a notable 18.45 million Core Lithium shares change owners on the markets thus far. There’s been no news out of the company today.

So this volume can probably be put down to the movements of the Core Lithium shares themselves. Core Lithium shares have copped a nasty sell-off, dropping by 3% to $1.62 a share. It’s this outsized loss that has probably resulted in the large volumes we are seeing.

Pilbara Minerals Ltd (ASX: PLS)

Anotehr ASX 200 lithium share is next up with Pilbara mienrals. So far today, a meaningful 26.21 million Pilbara shares have been bought and sold. Again, it seems it is share price action that has resulted in this volume. Pilbara shares haven’t suffered as much as Core Lithium.

But the lithium producer has still seen a hefty 2.43% drop to $4.62 a share. It seems this company’s recent run of new 52-week highs might have to take a pause.

Lake Resources N.L (ASX: LKE)

Our third and most traded ASX 200 share today is yet another lithium stock in Lake Resources, making it three for three. This Wednesday has seen a whopping 34.77 million shares traded. Unlike the other two lithium shares today though, Lake Resources seems to have been singled out for some especially heavy punishment.

The company has cratered a depressing 15.4% at present down to $1.08 a share. As we dug into earlier, this comes amid news that Lake is facing a dispute with its business partner Lilac. Throw that in with the overall market malaise today, and we have the smoking gun for the elevated trading volumes we have witnessed with this company.

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