Well, believe it or not, we are now in June. Along with moons and Ferris wheels, many investors might be wondering what this June might hold in store for the ASX, especially given yesterday’s monster interest rate hike. And one of the ASX shares investors will no doubt be watching is the Woodside Energy Group Ltd (ASX: WDS) share price.

Woodside Energy (formerly known as Woodside Petroleum) is now the ASX’s largest energy share by a mile, thanks to the recent deal with BHP Group Ltd (ASX: BHP). And what a time to have additional oil resources fall into your books. Oil prices remain at historically elevated levels, which were kick-started by the war in Ukraine earlier this year.

As it currently sits, crude oil remains well above US$100 a barrel, with Brent crude hitting close to US$122 a barrel earlier this week.

So if an investor wants to predict where the Woodside share price will go this June, that is certainly the first port of call. As an energy company, Woodside’s fortunes largely ride or die on the price of the ‘black gold’ it extracts.

That’s almost certainly a large part of the equation that explains Woodside’s share appreciation over 2022 thus far. It’s no coincidence that while oil has skyrocketed in price over the year to date, the Woodside share price has rocketed by more than 45%.

What’s next for the Woodside share price?

We can’t be sure where the Woodside share price will go over June. But chances are it will follow the movements of the crude oil price fairly closely.

Beyond June, many expert investors are bullish. Earlier this week, my Fool colleague Bernd covered the views of Philipp Hofflin, portfolio manager at Lazard Asset Management. Mr Hofflin said the following on Woodside’s business at the moment:

The astonishing thing about Woodside is that you can buy it today at 20% less than it was pre-COVID. Yet it has done a deal with BHP Petroleum, that is currently delivering phenomenal earnings… The cash flow is enormous.

They have a fortress balance sheet because they did this deal entirely with equity. Woodside, which has a sort of breakeven cost of production of just a bit over $10 a barrel, in a world where the oil price is $110, it’s a pretty safe value opportunity.

So that’s a pretty unequivocal opinion on Woodside shares today. This ASX 200 energy share will certainly be worth watching this June… along with the moons and Ferris wheels.

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In uncertain times like now, one school of thought is that investing in businesses that sell directly to consumers is a bad move.

It makes sense — interest rates are rising and Australians have less to spend.

In fact, that’s exactly what the Reserve Bank of Australia wants. Reduce demand, therefore knock down inflation.

So if you’re not buying ASX shares of companies that sell to consumers, what’s left?

Companies that provide goods and services to other businesses.

Bell Potter Securities investment advisor Christopher Watt this week named two such stocks that he recommends as a buy:

‘Low risk income stream’ with stable clients

Charter Hall Long WALE REIT (ASX: CLW) shares have dipped 4.6% year-to-date. But Watt pointed that it is paying out an “attractive, stable income” with a 5.8% dividend yield.

Moreover, Charter Hall is a landlord to reliable, long-term tenants.

“This real estate investment trust invests in quality assets that are mostly leased to government and corporate tenants,” he told The Bull.

“We’re attracted to Charter Hall Long WALE’s low risk income stream, secured by a sector-leading lease term of 14 years.”

Charter Hall Long WALE shares closed Tuesday at $4.82.

The wider professional community is somewhat divided on Charter Hall.

According to CMC Markets, four of seven analysts consider it a buy, with the remaining three recommending it as a hold.

‘Strong cash flow growth’ and huge development pipeline

Watt picked another real estate stock as the other tempting buy at the moment.

Industrial property manager Goodman Group (ASX: GMG) is a landlord for warehouses — or fulfilment centres, as its e-commerce clients would call them.

“Goodman offers exposure to global property development and property funds management,” said Watt.

“While investors may be concerned about rising interest rates, Goodman management has flagged that quality assets are generating strong cash flow growth, which should support asset value growth.”

The stock has lost almost 26% since the start of the year, presenting a potential entry point.

According to CMC Markets, eight out of 12 analysts currently recommend Goodman shares as a strong buy.

Medallion Financial Group advisor Jean-Claude Perrottet said last week that Goodman is different to the typical real estate stock in that it has much potential growth ahead of it.

“It has $13.4 billion of development work in progress across 89 projects,” he said.

“Goodman has high quality tenants and an occupancy rate that increased to 98.7%. [It] is a quality business, with about $68.7 billion in assets under management.”

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The Domino’s Pizza Enterprises Ltd (ASX: DMP) share price was caught up in the selloff on Tuesday.

The pizza chain operator’s shares dropped 2% to $64.89.

This means the Domino’s share price is now down 47% since the start of the year.

Will the Domino’s share price soon deliver?

While the Domino’s share price hasn’t been delivering for investors in 2022, the team at Morgans think investors should stick with it.

According to a note, the broker has retained its add rating but trimmed its price target to $93.00.

Based on the current Domino’s share price, this implies potential upside of 43% for investors over the next 12 months.

‘Absolutely undiminished’ growth opportunity

While Morgans acknowledges that foot inflation and foreign exchange headwinds will weigh on its earnings in the near term, the broker feels that investors should look beyond this.

Instead, the broker thinks investors should be looking at the company’s significant long term growth opportunity which is being underpinned by its store expansion plans. These plans will see the company aim to more than double its network in current markets between now and 2033.

Its analysts commented:

The near-term challenges of currency headwinds and inflation continue to intensify. We have lowered our EBITDA estimates by 2% in FY22F and 6% in FY23F to take account of these pressures (we now sit below consensus). This should not, in our view, take away from the significant longer-term opportunity for growth that DMP offers.

The engine of DMP’s growth is the rollout of new stores. Although near-term store rollout may be slower than DMP would like, the medium-term opportunity is absolutely undiminished, as evidenced by the reiteration of the 2033 outlook today. DMP has developed a solid platform for inorganic expansion.

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Interest rates rose again this week for the second consecutive month.

Believe it or not, the Reserve Bank of Australia is deliberately trying to slow the economy down.

It wants Australians to spend less, thus reducing demand for goods and services.

That’s obviously not the best environment for any business, not just ASX-listed companies.

When central banks do this, it is playing with fire. It has to be careful not to slow down activity so much that the country falls into recession.

Wilsons head of investment strategy David Cassidy thinks authorities will be successful in avoiding a global recession, but it will still be a bumpy ride.

And in such nervous times, he would pick only very specific ASX shares to buy.

“With the return and volatility of quality defensives being historically superior to those of broader equities during choppy market conditions, investors may benefit from purchasing these stocks during turbulent times.”

Cassidy names three such quality defensive ASX shares in a recent Wilsons memo:

Market dominance matters when people have less to spend

One important theme that Cassidy’s team seeks in quality defensive shares is market dominance.

The idea is that if a company has a monopoly or a massively unassailable position, economic downturns don’t matter as customers still have no choice but to buy its goods and services.

They could even raise prices in response to inflation, and would not lose business.

A great example of this is toll road operator Transurban Group (ASX: TCL).

“Toll roads are used every day to get from A to B and pre-COVID had steady, consistent earnings growth,” he said.

“Transurban is our pick with its monopolistic power in NSW, VIC, and QLD. TCL should be able to pass inflation costs onto the consumer as prices rise.”

The Transurban share price has risen more than 4% year-to-date during a period in which the rest of the non-mining market has struggled. The stock also pays out a 2.5% dividend yield.

Cassidy also identified telephony as an “essential” service for Australians.

And he, not surprisingly, likes the market leader.

“Providers like Telstra Corporation Ltd (ASX: TLS) operate within an oligopoly with solid pricing power,” said Cassidy.

“Earnings are unlikely to be volatile now competition in the market has subsided.”

Telstra shares have dipped around 8% since the start of this year, while giving out a 2.8% dividend yield.

The third ASX share Cassidy named is related to a very basic human need — hunger.

“Since people need to buy food and basic household items, stocks from these sectors can do well when volatility is high.”

Australia has an effective duopoly in the supermarket sector, but Cassidy has a definite favourite out of Coles Group Ltd (ASX: COL) and Woolworths Group Ltd (ASX: WOW).

“The underperformance in Woolworths adds to the case for buying at current prices,” he said.

“Woolworths’ valuation premium to Coles has also been eroded slightly over the past few months.”

Indeed the Woolworths share price has dropped more than 10% so far this year. The ASX share hands out a 2.7% dividend yield.

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On Tuesday, the S&P/ASX 200 Index (ASX: XJO) fell heavily after the Reserve Bank increased rates more than expected. The benchmark index fell 1.5% to 7,095.7 points.

Will the market be able to bounce back from this on Wednesday? Here are five things to watch:

ASX 200 expected to rebound

The Australian share market looks set to rebound on Wednesday following a solid night of trade in the US. According to the latest SPI futures, the ASX 200 is expected to open the day 54 points or 0.75% higher this morning. On Wall Street, the Dow Jones rose 0.8%, the S&P 500 climbed 0.95%, and the Nasdaq was also up 0.95% after bond yields eased.

Platinum update

The Platinum Asset Management Ltd (ASX: PTM) share price will be on watch today following the release of the fund manager’s latest funds under management (FUM) update. That update revealed that Platinum experienced net outflows of approximately $209 million In May. This left it with FUM of $19,588 million.

Oil prices rise

Energy producers such as Beach Energy Ltd (ASX: BPT) and Santos Ltd (ASX: STO) could have a good day after a solid night of trade for oil prices. According to Bloomberg, the WTI crude oil price is up 1.3% to US$120.02 a barrel and the Brent crude oil price has risen 1.3% to US$121.09 a barrel. Concerns over tight supplies continue to keep oil prices at high levels.

ResMed rated as a buy

The ResMed Inc (ASX: RMD) share price could be good value according to analysts at Goldman Sachs. This morning the broker has reiterated its buy rating and $34.40 price target, implying potential upside of ~20%. Goldman notes that there “is a 12-18 month backlog of new patients waiting to be diagnosed.”

Gold price climbs

Gold miners Evolution Mining Ltd (ASX: EVN) and Northern Star Resources Ltd (ASX: NST) could have a decent day after the gold price climbed overnight. According to CNBC, the spot gold price is up 0.65% to US$1,855.4 an ounce. The safe haven asset was boosted by falling bond yields.

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Are you interested in adding some more ASX shares to your portfolio in June?

Three ASX shares that could be worth considering this month are listed below. Here’s what you need to know about them:

Altium Limited (ASX: ALU)

The first ASX share to look at is Altium. It is an award-winning printed circuit board (PCB) design software provider. Altium could be worth considering due to its leading position in a market exposed to the Internet of Things and artificial intelligence booms. The proliferation of electronic devices is expected to lead to increasing demand for its software over the next decade.

Bell Potter currently has a buy rating and $41.25 price target on its shares. This compares to the latest Altium share price of $27.62.

Life360 Inc (ASX: 360)

Another ASX share to look at is Life360. This growing technology company is responsible for the Life360 mobile app. This market leading app is for families and offers useful features such as communications, driver safety, and location sharing. It also recently acquired Jiobit and items tracking company Tile. These are opening the door to material cross and upselling opportunities to its tens of millions of users.

Bell Potter is bullish on the company’s future and has a buy rating and $7.50 price target on its shares. This compares to the current Life360 share price of $3.12.

Megaport Ltd (ASX: MP1)

Megaport could be another ASX share to consider buying. It offers scalable bandwidth for public and private cloud connections, metro ethernet, and data centre backhaul. Megaport has networking equipment in hundreds of data centres around the world, which has created a software layer that provides an easy way for users to create and manage network connections. This means that through the Megaport network, users can create and run a global network with or without the need for physical infrastructure.

Goldman Sachs currently has a buy rating and $13.10 price target on Megaport’s shares. This compares favourably to the latest Megaport share price of $5.95.

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The All Ordinaries Index (ASX: XAO) fell today, but three ASX All Ordinaries shares defied the trend.

The All Ords Index fell 1.54% today to 7,318.60 points. For perspective, the S&P/ASX 200 Index (ASX: XJO) also dropped 1.53%.

So let’s take a look at which shares outperformed the index today.

Lake Resources N.L. (ASX: LKE)

The Lake Resources share price jumped 3.9% today. However, in earlier trade, it leapt 7% before pulling back.

The lithium developer’s shares jumped on the day after the company was added to the benchmark ASX 200 index as part of a June 2022 quarterly rebalance. ASX lithium shares including Lake tumbled last week after Argentina set a reference price for lithium carbonate exports of US$53 per kilogram.

However, a S&P Global Commodity Insights publication overnight states that Chinese lithium carbonate producers don’t see “any impact of this announcement” on the spot market in the near term. The source said:

I think overseas prices won’t drop drastically following Argentina’s announcement, though there’s also not enough support for prices to go up that much more,

Core Lithium Ltd (ASX: CXO)

The Core Lithium share price jumped 3.77% today. However, in earlier trade, the company’s share price lifted 7.5% before retreating. Like Lake Resources, Core Lithium also joined the ASX 200 index yesterday.

As my Foolish colleague Bernd reported, investors potentially saw the ASX lithium share sell-off last Wednesday as “overdone”. Lithium shares fell on Wednesday after news of the Argentina reference point on lithium prices, along with a note out from Goldman Sachs.

However, other market analysts including Macquarie are more optimistic on the outlook for ASX lithium shares. Core Lithium is exploring the Finniss Lithium project near Darwin in the Northern Territory. Drill assay results from the project released on 3 June revealed intersections outside the mineral resource at BP33.

Perenti Global Ltd (ASX: PRN)

The Perenti Global share price soared a mammoth 10% today, defying the market trend. Shares jumped after the company announced a huge contract win.

The mining services company has been awarded a contract for the Evolution Mining Ltd (ASX: EVN) Cowal Underground project in NSW. The contract, involving both production and underground development, could be worth a whopping $520 million. Perenti said the project will deliver strong cash flows in return for capital investment.

Commenting on the win, CEO Mark Norwell said:

The Cowal contract represents one of the largest underground mining projects in Barminco’s history, generating revenue of nearly $520 million with an initial term of four years, from a contract commencement date in early July 2022.

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The Piedmont Lithium Ltd (ASX: PLL) share price has reversed all of its gains since the start of the month.

This comes despite the company not releasing any price-sensitive news to the ASX lately.

At market close, shares in the Australian lithium miner finished the day at 80 cents, down 3.03%. This means that its shares have lost 13% in a week.

Let’s take a look at what could be driving the fall around the company’s share price.

What has happened to Piedmont shares?

Investors are continuing to offload Piedmont shares after heavy falls across the lithium sector in the past week.

As widely reported, Goldman Sachs sent shockwaves across the lithium industry following its bearish report.

The United States-based investment behemoth predicted that lithium prices will drop to US$16,000 per tonne in 2023.

Currently, the going price for the battery making ingredient is around US$70,000. This represents a drop of more than 77% in the coming year.

According to Goldman Sachs, the sharp correction is being driven by “fundamental mispricing which has generated an outsized supply response.”

While lithium miners dismissed the negative analysis, investors sidelined with Goldman Sachs, sending lithium stocks south.

On the upside, the broker believes that long-term demand for lithium will remain robust from around 2024.

Piedmont share price summary

Despite the recent fall, the Piedmont share price has risen by almost 9% in 2022.

However, when looking at the longer-term, the company’s shares are down 12% over the past 12 months.

For context, the S&P/ASX 200 Index (ASX: XJO) has tumbled 4.6% in 2022, and 2.5% since this time last year.

Based on today’s price, Piedmont commands a market capitalisation of roughly $453.71 million.

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The Temple & Webster Group Ltd (ASX: TPW) share price had a tough day today.

The company’s share price dropped 10.42% to $3.87. For perspective, the S&P/ASX 200 Index (ASX: XJO) fell 1.53% today.

So what impacted the Temple & Webster share price today?

RBA rate decision

The Temple & Webster share price finished the day well in the red, but it was not the only ASX retail share to drop.

The JB Hi-Fi Limited (ASX: JBH) share price slipped 3.45% today, while Harvey Norman Holdings Limited (ASX: HVN) shares fell 1.16% and the Nick Scali Limited (ASX: NCK) share price dropped 1.85%.

Temple & Webster shares fell in the lead up to and following the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) lifting interest rates this afternoon.

The RBA lifted the benchmark interest rate by 0.5 percentage points today to curb inflation, as my Foolish colleague Bernd reported. The cash rate now sits at 0.85%.

A rate hike was widely predicted. Goldman Sachs predicted the 0.50% jump, while other analysts predicted more modest increases of between 0.25 and 0.4%.

Interest rate rises can impact retail shares due to rising costs and consumers having less spare cash to spend on retail including furniture and homewares.

Reserve Bank Governor Philip Lowe said: “Inflation in Australia has increased significantly. While inflation is lower than in most other advanced economies, it is higher than earlier expected.”

City Index senior market analyst Matt Simpson said the rate hike was the first 50 basis point (bps) rise since February 2000. He added:

That’s also 75-bps over the past two meetings, which makes it their most aggressive back to back meeting on record.

I really think the RBA have restored some credibility today by coming out swinging.

Multiple brokers have recently rated the Temple & Webster share price as a buy, including Credit Suisse, UBS, and Morgan Stanley.

In a recent update, the company launched a new online business named The Build with 20,000 products in 39 categories.

Temple & Webster share price snapshot

The Temple & Webster share price has fallen 64% in the past year, and by a similar amount in the year to date. It’s also down 12% over the past month and 17% in a week.

For perspective, the S&P/ASX 200 Index (ASX: XJO) has lost nearly 3% in the past year.

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S&P/ASX 200 Index (ASX: XJO) retail shares suffered alongside the broader market this afternoon amid the Reserve Bank of Australia’s decision to hike interest rates by 0.5%.

It comes just one month after the RBA lifted rates by 0.35% – bringing the national cash rate to 0.85%. And more hikes could be on the cards for coming months.

The CEO of industry body National Retail Association described the RBA’s decision – likely to hit consumers in the pockets and weigh on retailers’ bottom lines – as “heavy-handed”.

The ASX 200 plunged 1.53% on Tuesday. Meanwhile, the S&P/ASX 200 Consumer Discretionary Index (ASX: XDJ) tumbled 2.34%.

ASX 200 retail shares slump following RBA decision

As of Tuesday’s close, the share prices of ASX 200 retail giants JB Hi-Fi Limited (ASX: JBH) and Harvey Norman Holdings Limited (ASX: HVN) were down 3.4% and 1.1% respectively.

Retail-focused conglomerate Wesfarmers Ltd (ASX: WES)’s stock slumped 3.8%.

Finally, ASX 200 retail shares City Chic Collective Ltd (ASX: CCX) and Super Retail Group Ltd (ASX: SUL) are also feeling the brunt. They fell 3.2% and 2.1% respectively.

RBA governor Philip Lowe noted inflation in Australia is lower than in other advanced economies but higher than was previously expected.

Many factors making headwinds for ASX 200 retailers ­– COVID-19 and supply chain issues – also drove inflation this year.

But National Retail Association CEO Dominique Lamb is dubious that such a hike was necessary.

She called the RBA’s decision “heavy-handed”, saying the regulator moved too fast to increase interest rates.

“Many retailers are watching consumer confidence rapidly slipping [amid] a raft of increasing costs and external factors such as the cost of fuel, power … increasing wages, and supply chain issues,” Lamb told The Motley Fool Australia. She continued:

Interest rate rises in quick succession impacts the willingness of consumers to spend and invest in their homes and [they will] shrink their basket sizes.

At the end of the day, many retailers are hanging on and this could be the last straw.

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