It’s not easy to find ASX dividend shares with yields of more than 8%.

Some may be yield traps where the last 12 months of dividends are not going to be the same as the next 12 months.

However, analysts have had a go at estimating where they think dividends and yields are going to be for the upcoming financial year.

With that in mind, these are two businesses expected to pay big dividends over the next 12 months:

Rio Tinto Limited (ASX: RIO)

Rio Tinto is one of the biggest mining businesses in the world. It’s currently rated as a buy by Citi, with a price target of $115. That’s around 15% higher than where it is today.

Based on the FY22 dividend estimate, the Rio Tinto share price could have a grossed-up dividend yield of 13.2%.

Whilst Rio Tinto is facing difficulties in getting its Serbian lithium project to the next stage, it has made another lithium play in Argentina.

The mining business is buying the Rincon lithium project for $825 million.

Rincon is a large undeveloped lithium brine project located in the heart of the lithium triangle in the Salta Province of Argentina, which Rio Tinto called an emerging hub for greenfield projects. The miner said the project has a long life and is a scalable resource.

Once the acquisition is completed, the project will be subject to the completion of studies to confirm the resource and various other steps.

The ASX dividend share’s management said this acquisition is aligned with its strategy of prioritising growth capital in commodities that support decarbonisation and to continue to deliver attractive returns to shareholders.

The direct lithium extraction technology proposed for the project has the potential to significantly increase lithium recoveries as compared to solar evaporation ponds.

Adairs Ltd (ASX: ADH)

Adairs is a leading retailer of homewares and furniture in Australia and New Zealand with its Adairs, Mocka and Focus on Furniture.

It’s currently rated as a buy by Morgans with a price target of $4.80. That suggests a potential increase of the Adairs share price of around 20% over the next year.

Morgans thinks that the ASX dividend share could pay a grossed-up dividend yield of 8.1% in FY22 (and 10.2% in FY23).

Not only do management and analysts like the acquisition of Focus because of the growth potential and synergies, but Adairs is judged to have attractive organic growth potential.

One area of growth is its membership called Linen Lovers. Adairs says that membership growth is a key driver of sales. Member retention initiatives and the facilitation of online signups through upgrading its digital platform in FY22 offer “significant upside” for growth rates, according to management.

Members account for over 80% of sales and spend around 1.5x more than non-members in each transaction. Each new member adds around $400 in total sales.

Adairs also notes that there is a relationship between store sales and retail floor space. Growing store floor space through new and up-sized stores will continue to drive store sales. Each additional square metre of retail space typically adds around $4,000 of store sales.

The ASX dividend share is expecting to grow its floor space by at least 5% per annum over the next five years.

Morgans thinks the Adairs share price is valued at 11x FY22’s estimated earnings.

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The S&P/ASX 200 Index (ASX: XJO) gained 13% in 2021.

While some ASX 200 mining shares did far better – we’re looking at you Pilbara Minerals Ltd (ASX: PLS) – others fell well behind that benchmark. Namely, the big gold miners.

Below we look at the five worst-performing ASX 200 mining shares to have held in the year just past.

The fifth and fourth worst performers

Starting with the fifth-worst performer, we have Westgold Resources Ltd (ASX: WGX).

Westgold Resources’ share price fell 22.7% over 2021, closing on 31 December at $2.04 per share.

The gold explorer and miner is primarily active in Western Australia and faced some headwinds from a sliding gold price over the course of the year. The gold price started 2021 at US$1,999 per troy ounce and finished at US$1,829 per ounce, a decline of 8.5%, according to data from Bloomberg.

With 425.5 million shares outstanding, Westgold has a current market cap of $838 million.

Moving on to the fourth-worst performing ASX 200 mining share, we arrive at Northern Star Resources Ltd (ASX: NST).

Northern Star’s share price finished the year at $9.41, down 25.9% from the 31 December 2020 closing price.

Northern Star is an active gold miner and producer in Western Australia and was also impacted by retracing gold prices. The miner has 1.16 billion shares outstanding, giving it a current market cap of $11 billion. Northern Star pays a dividend yield of 2%, fully franked.

Coming in at number three and number two

Moving into steeper losses, the third-worst ASX 200 mining share to have held throughout 2021 is St Barbara Ltd (ASX: SBM).

St Barbara’s shares lost 37.7% throughout the year, closing on 31 December at $1.47 per share. The gold miner and explorer is active in Australia and Papua New Guinea.

With 709.5 million shares outstanding, the miner has a current market cap of $1 billion. St Barbara pays a 4.1% dividend yield, fully franked.

This brings us to the second worst-performing ASX 200 mining share of the year gone by, Regis Resources Limited (ASX: RRL).

Regis Resources closed the year trading at $1.95 per share, down 45.8% from 31 December 2020.

The gold miner and producer has active projects in Western Australia with prospective projects in New South Wales. The company has some 754.8 million shares outstanding, with a current market cap of $1.4 billion. Regis Resources pays a dividend yield of 3.5%, fully franked.

The worst performing ASX 200 mining share of 2021

And that leaves us with the worst-performing ASX 200 mining share of 2021, Resolute Mining Limited (ASX: RSG).

As with the other companies on the list, Resolute is primarily involved in gold exploration and mining, with projects in Senegal, Mali, and Ghana.

The Resolute Mining share price fell 51.3% in 2021, closing the year at 39 cents per share.

With 1.1 billion shares outstanding, Resolute has a current market cap of $414 million. The company last paid a dividend in August 2018.

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The last 12 months have seen cryptocurrencies creep increasingly into the domain of mainstream investing.

But amid the hype, it’s easy to forget that the industry is still largely unregulated. The whole concept of cryptocurrency was born out of a desire to circumvent centralised banking, so this shouldn’t be entirely surprising.

As such, there are nefarious types that prey on investors looking to make a quick buck.

Australian crypto exchange platform Coinjar recently listed 3 of the most common scam mechanisms out there.

“The best thing you can do is approach everything involving your crypto with a healthy degree of scepticism,” the Coinjar team said in a memo to clients.

That’s a crypto platform saying this, folks.

Take a look at these scams — and be careful out there:

Rug pulls

A ‘rug pull’ is perhaps the most blatant rip-off in the crypto world.

A new currency is created, promising the world. Investors put their hard-earned into buying the tokens, hoping they will make lots of money from being early adopters.

Then the development team becomes silent. Sometimes even, the crypto’s website is taken down overnight.

“Rug pulls occur when the developers behind a crypto project disappear, taking with them the millions of dollars worth of crypto that investors have given them to buy unreleased tokens or as contributions to token liquidity pools,” stated the Coinjar memo.

“These projects will often have white papers, development timelines and slick-looking websites to make them seem legit.”

In the short term, the currency value may rise spectacularly.

“However, if you scrape the surface there are usually warning signs,” read the Coinjar memo.

“They’ll typically be meme-based tokens, capitalising on market FOMO or pop culture frenzies. They’ll often have anonymous development teams, staffed by people with no LinkedIn profiles or professional history.”

Another huge warning sign is that currency holders cannot sell their tokens.

A recent example of a rug pull is the Squid token, which jumped from 1 cent to US$2,856 almost overnight on the back of the popularity of the Netflix series Squid Game.

The developers then ran off with an estimated US$3.38 million, according to Gizmodo.

Celebrity investment schemes

If a famous wealthy person invests in something then it must be fine, right?

Scammers have exploited this logic for time immemorial, and it continues in the age of cryptocurrencies.

“You’ve probably all seen the ads or emails about high-profile celebrities – Hugh Jackman! Nicole Kidman! – promoting Bitcoin investment platforms that promise guaranteed 1,000% profits,” read the Coinjar memo.

“Click through and you’ll be taken to a legitimate seeming website and asked to register your interest.”

Once they have your details, there will be high-pressure tactics applied to entice you to “invest”. The scammers will then have a fake online portal showing how your money is supposedly growing in real-time.

“The number will keep on going up and up, until you try and withdraw your newfound gains and discover that they were only ever numbers on a screen,” the memo read.

“Investment schemes have long been the biggest single part of the scam landscape and cryptocurrencies are driving it to new heights – almost $100 million has been lost to investment-based scams so far this year.”

Romance scams

The universal desire for companionship has been exploited online by criminal enterprises for decades now.

The scammers generally find their victims on social media or on dating platforms.

“Once an initial connection is made, the scammer will lavish you with attention and compliments. Victims often report chatting to their scammers online for hours each day, developing a relationship that feels profound and real,” read the Coinjar memo.

“Some planned to marry – as soon as they were able to meet face-to-face.”

After months of an online relationship that feels very real, the scammer will suddenly request crypto.

“‘I need money to get back to Australia to be with you’; ‘My mother is sick and we can’t pay her hospital bills’; ‘I’ll pay you back as soon as I get this job’,” the Coinjar team cited as some examples.

“Usually a small amount first, but over time the requests can build to tens of thousands of dollars. And then, at the first trace of suspicion, they disappear.”

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Are you looking for dividend options to supplement your income in 2022? If you are, you may want to look at the ASX dividend shares listed below.

Here’s why analysts rate them as buys:

Baby Bunting Group Ltd (ASX: BBN)

This baby products retailer could be a good option for income investors. This is due to its attractive fully franked yield and strong growth potential. The latter is being driven by its strong position in a less discretionary category with around 300,000 births a year in Australia.

But management isn’t resting on its laurels and is aiming to cement its position by almost doubling its store network in the future.

The team at Citi is positive on Baby Bunting and has a buy rating and $6.11 price target on its shares.

Citi commented: “We reiterate our Buy rating and see the company having a range of multi-year growth strategies including rollout (target of 110+ stores, with 68 expected by end of FY22e), exclusive/private label growth and supply chain efficiencies.”

As for dividends, the broker expects fully franked dividends per share of 16 cents in FY 2022 and 20 cents in FY 2023. Based on the current Baby Bunting share price of $5.55, this will mean yields of 2.9% and 3.6%, respectively.

Woodside Petroleum Limited (ASX: WPL)

Analysts at Morgans believe this energy producer could be a dividend share to buy. Particularly given its impending merger with the petroleum assets of BHP Group Ltd (ASX: BHP). The broker believes the deal is transformative and feels Woodside is getting the better deal.

Morgans currently has an add rating and $29.95 price target on the company’s shares.

It commented: “From an economic standpoint we think WPL is clearly getting the better of the deal, with synergies not baked into deal metrics and BHP willing to accept a discount. The deal is transformative, lifting WPL into being a top 10 global E&P with +2 billion barrels of 2P reserves, with EBITDA of US$4.7bnpa and growth options.”

Morgans expects fully franked dividends of $1.21 per share in FY 2022 and then $1.06 per share in FY 2023. Based on the current Woodside share price of $22.77, this will mean yields of 5.3% and 4.7%, respectively.

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On Wednesday the S&P/ASX 200 Index (ASX: XJO) ran out of steam and dropped into the red. The benchmark index fell 0.3% to 7,565.8 points.

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

ASX 200 expected to edge lower

The Australian share market looks set to edge lower on Thursday. According to the latest SPI futures, the ASX 200 is expected to open the day 5 points or 0.1% lower this morning. This follows a poor night on Wall Street, which in late trade sees the Dow Jones down 0.25%, the S&P 500 down 0.85%, and the Nasdaq down a sizeable 2%.

Oil prices rise again

Energy shares including Santos Ltd (ASX: STO) and Woodside Petroleum Limited (ASX: WPL) could have a good day after oil prices pushed higher again overnight. According to Bloomberg, the WTI crude oil price is up 0.95% to US$77.71 a barrel and the Brent crude oil price is up 0.85% to US$80.68 a barrel. This was despite US fuel demand slipping and OPEC lifting its output.

Tech shares on watch

Afterpay Ltd (ASX: APT) and TechnologyOne Ltd (ASX: TNE) shares could have another difficult day of trade after US tech shares were sold off again. At the time of writing, the tech-focused Nasdaq index is down 2% in late trade. As the local tech sector tends to follow its lead, this doesn’t bode well for today’s session.

Gold price edges higher

Gold miners Evolution Mining Ltd (ASX: EVN) and Regis Resources Limited (ASX: RRL) could have a decent day after the gold price edged higher. According to CNBC, the spot gold price is up 0.1% to US$1,816.70 an ounce. Rising Omicron variant cases helped boost its safe-haven appeal with investors.

Aristocrat acquisition update

The Aristocrat Leisure Limited (ASX: ALL) share price will be on watch on Thursday following an update on its proposed acquisition of Playtech. The gaming technology company advised that the Playtech shareholder vote on the acquisition has been pushed back from 12 January to 2 February. This is to allow time for rival JKO Play to make a firm competing offer. One positive, though, is that proxy advisers continue to recommend Aristocrat’s offer.

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2021 came with many ups and downs, both on and off the market, but these 5 ASX shares weathered the storm to come out on top.

We’ve taken a look at the All Ordinaries Index (ASX: XAO) – the index often used to gauge the market’s performance – to find the top performing shares of last year.

If you held any of these All Ords stocks in 2021, pat yourself on the back. You’ve picked a winner.

5 best performing ASX All Ords shares of 2021

Novonix Ltd (ASX: NVX) – gained 659%

Leading the All Ords is lithium-ion battery giant Novonix.

The company’s shares finished 2020 trading at $1.21 before surging to close 2021 at a whopping $9.19. That’s a 659% gain in just 12 months.

The company hit the ground running in January by announcing its PUREGraphite business had received a US$5.6 million grant.

Its fortunes were also driven by a strategic investment from Phillips 66 (NYSE: PSX) and the purchase of a new battery anode facility.

Cettire Ltd (ASX: CTT) – gained 657%

Cettire started 2021 as one of the ASX’s newest faces before surging to close the year 657% higher than it started it. The company’s stock grew from just 47 cents to $3.56 last year.

Interestingly, Cettire didn’t announce much news over the period. Instead, it continuously beat its forecasted earnings and seemingly positioned itself for more growth in the future.

Liontown Resources Limited (ASX: LTR) – gained 388%

December wasn’t a good month for the Liontown share price.

Fortunately, the company had rallied so much during the first 11 months of 2021, it could absorb the tumble and land well, taking its crown as the third best performing ASX All Ords share of 2021.

Over the course of 2021, the Liontown share price grew from 34 cents to $1.66.

The major catalyst for its incredible growth seems to have been its Kathleen Valley lithium project.

In other big news, Liontown demerged its non-lithium assets into spin out company Minerals 260 Ltd (ASX: MI6) last year.

AVZ Minerals Ltd (ASX: AVZ) – gained 358%

Another lithium miner has ended the year as one of the best performing ASX All Ords shares.

2021 was a brilliant year for the AVZ Minerals share price. It grew from 17 cents to 78 cents over the 12-month period.

The company is a lithium, tin, and tantalum explorer with operations in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

It continuously reported positive drill results and updates for its Manono Project over 2021, driving its share price to surge a mammoth 358%.

Imugene Limited (ASX: IMU) – gained 300%

The final top performer of the All Ords for 2021 is clinical stage immuno-oncology company Imugene.

Last year, it continued working on several pipeline products with its HER-Vaxx product approaching the completion of its Phase 2 trial at the end of 2021. The company also licenced its CAR T cell cancer therapy in May.

Having ended 2020 trading at 10 cents, the Imugene share price close 2021 trading at 40 cents.

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With interest rates still at very low levels, it remains a difficult period for income investors. But never fear, the Australian share market is here to save the day with its plethora of dividend shares.

Two such dividend shares that could help you overcome low interest rates are listed below. Here’s what you need to know about them:

Healius Ltd (ASX: HLS)

The first ASX dividend share to look at is Healius. It is a healthcare company with a focus on diagnostic imaging, day hospitals, IVF, and pathology. The latter is the star of the show at the moment thanks to the incredible demand for COVID-19 testing. And with testing volumes likely to remain strong for some time to come, Healius looks well-placed to deliver another impressive result in FY 2022.

The team at Morgans expects this to be the case and believes it will lead to generous dividend payments. The broker has pencilled in fully franked dividends per share of 23 cents in FY 2022 and 19 cents in FY 2023. Based on the current Healius share price of $5.19, this will mean yields of 4.4% and 3.7%, respectively.

Morgans has an add rating and $5.79 price target on its shares.

Super Retail Group Ltd (ASX: SUL)

Another ASX dividend share that could be in the buy zone is Super Retail. It is the retail conglomerate behind the BCF, Macpac, Rebel, and Super Cheap Auto brands.

Thanks to the popularity of these brands, Super Retail has been growing at a solid rate in recent years. And while FY 2022 will be a difficult year due to lockdowns and the cycling of strong growth in FY 2021, the company has still been tipped to reward shareholders with generous dividends.

One of the brokers tipping this is Citi. It expects fully franked dividends per share of 67 cents in FY 2022 and then 64.5 cents in FY 2023. Based on the current Super Retail share price of $12.55, this will mean yields of 5.3% and 5.1%, respectively.

Citi also sees meaningful upside for the Super Retail share price. It has a buy rating and $16.00 price target on its shares.

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The Origin Energy Ltd (ASX: ORG) share price finished 2021 in the green in a major recovery from its lows of 2020.

Shares in the energy company jumped from $4.76 to $5.24 during the year, up 10%. By comparison, the S&P/ASX 200 Index (ASX: XJO) gained around 13%.

Let’s take a look at how Origin Energy share price performed during the year.

Energy in focus

The Origin share price suffered in the early months of 2021 before staging a major comeback from the beginning of June. This followed energy shares, in general, having a poor year in 2020, with Origin falling nearly 45%.

Shares in Origin fell more than 14% in the first five months of the year. One major event that spurred the decline was the negative reaction to an update on the company’s earnings guidance in April.

The Origin share price sunk 13.83% in one week from its close on 15 April to 22 April 2021. Investors began selling off Origin shares after the company revealed the cost for gas supply would increase in both FY 2021 and FY 2022.

In June, the company’s share price saw a major turnaround, exploding 22.42% from $3.97 at the close of trade on 31 May to $4.86 on 10 June. This was despite no price sensitive news from the company.

However, Macquarie Group Ltd (ASX: MQG) analysts released a broker note predicting the company’s negative earnings cycle was over. They lifted Origin’s price target to $4.88. In hindsight, the analysts were on the money about the pending recovery.

Shares in Origin also skyrocketed in late September. Between market close on 20 September and 25 October, the Origin share price charged from $4.30 to $5.38 — a 25% boost.

Driving the gains were major announcements including Origin executing a $2 billion deal with global energy investor EIG to sell a 10 per cent interest in Australia Pacific LNG.

Also contributing was positive investor reaction to the company’s annual general meeting, when the company released positive guidance for financial year 2022.

December continued to provide relief for Origin investors, with the company’s share price soaring more than 9% between market close on 30 November and 31 December.

During the final month of the year, the company revealed it would be acquiring community energy services business WINconnect. Also in December, the company announced ConocoPhillips had put into effect its pre-emption rights in Origin’s deal to sell its 10% interest in Australia Pacific LNG.

Origin Energy share price recap

The Origin share price gained roughly 3 percentage points less than the broader ASX 200 Index in 2021.

The company has a market capitalisation of nearly $9.6 billion based on its current share price.

In the past month, the company’s shares have gained nearly 12%, while they are up nearly 5% this week. At market close on Wednesday, shares in the company are swapping hands at $5.44, up 1.49%.

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Are you looking to make some additions to your portfolio in January? If exchange traded funds (ETFs) are of interest to you, then you might want to look at the three listed below.

Here’s what you need to know about them:

BetaShares Asia Technology Tigers ETF (ASX: ASIA)

The first ETF for investors to look at is the BetaShares Asia Technology Tigers ETF. It tracks the performance of the largest technology companies in Asia (excluding Japan). Among the ETF’s largest holdings are Alibaba, JD.com, Pinduoduo, Samsung, Taiwan Semiconductor, and Tencent Holdings. On balance, the companies in the fund are some of the fastest growing in the region and revolutionising the lives of billions of people. In light of this, they have been tipped to generate strong returns in the future.

BetaShares Global Cybersecurity ETF (ASX: HACK)

A second ETF for investors to look at in 2022 is the BetaShares Global Cybersecurity ETF. This fund provides investors with the opportunity to invest in the growing cybersecurity sector. This means you’ll be buying companies such as Accenture, Cisco, Cloudflare, Fortinet, Okta, Splunk, Zscaler, Crowdstrike. And given the growing threat of cyberattacks globally, these companies look well-placed to benefit from increasing demand for cybersecurity services.

Vanguard MSCI Index International Shares ETF (ASX: VGS)

A final ETF for investors to look at is the Vanguard MSCI Index International Shares ETF. This ETF provides investors with exposure to ~1,500 of the world’s largest listed companies. This means that investors are able to use this fund to take part in the long term growth potential of international economies. Among the many companies that you’ll be investing in are giants such as Amazon, Apple, Johnson & Johnson, JP Morgan, Nestle, Procter & Gamble, and Visa.

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The Pro Medicus Limited (ASX: PME) share price sunk almost 10% on Wednesday despite no news being released from the company for more than a month.

At market close, the Pro Medicus share price was down 9.69% to $56.95 apiece.

It may be part of a wider trend, with the S&P/ASX Health Care Index (SX: XHJ) the second-worst performing sector today behind the IT index.

Let’s take a look at what’s been going on with the company lately.

Pro Medicus down to start 2022

The last time we heard from the medical imaging provider was on 1 December 2021 when it gave notice of one of its directors buying ordinary shares in the company.

Before that, on 23 November, the company released the results of voting on several resolutions at its AGM.

Since then, the Pro Medicus share price has dropped by 4.61%.

The company also saw a small dip in its share price back in early October, despite releasing news of a contract win with prominent US healthcare provider Novant Health.

Pro Medicus CEO Dr Sam Hupert said the deal was significant for the company, as it was the largest in its history.

It was also the company’s seventh major contract in North America in less than 18 months.

Other healthcare shares seeing red today

However, it was not just Pro Medicus seeing a decline today. Biotech company Imugene Ltd (ASX: IMU) was down 8.24% at market close today, falling from its 8% jump yesterday.

Yesterday’s surge coincided with news of its B-cell immunotherapy drug, PD1-Vaxx, commencing a trial in the treatment of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).

CSL Limited (ASX: CSL) was also down 1.82% today, at $290.60 apiece.

The biotech giant hasn’t released any news so far in 2022, however, new COVID-19 variants and ongoing restrictions may have affected its share price.

It’s not all doom and gloom though. Both CSL and Imugene made the list of the best performing biotech ASX shares of 2021.

Pro Medicus share price snapshot

Despite today’s news, the Pro Medicus share price has risen by more than 67% in the last 12 month period.

The company has a market capitalisation of around $6 billion and a price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of 192.

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Motley Fool contributor Alice de Bruin has no position in any of the stocks mentioned. The Motley Fool Australia’s parent company Motley Fool Holdings Inc. owns and has recommended CSL Ltd. and Pro Medicus Ltd. The Motley Fool Australia owns and has recommended Pro Medicus Ltd. 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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