The Liontown Resources Limited (ASX: LTR) share price soared more than 9% higher today.

Today’s bullish price action has propelled shares in the mineral explorer to a new 52-week high.

At market close, the Liontown share price is trading at 85 cents. Shares in the company were up more than 10% earlier today after hitting an intraday high of 86.5 cents.

Let’s take a look at what’s fuelling the Liontown share price.

Snapshot of the Liontown share price

Liontown has not released any price sensitive news that could explain today’s bullish movements.

Shares in the mineral explorer have been on a miraculous run in the past month. The Liontown share price has surged more than 80% since the end of May. In addition, shares in the company have rocketed more than 137% since the start of the year.

What is fuelling the Liontown share price?

The Liontown share price has been the beneficiary of increased mining exploration expenditure and a commodity price boom in 2021.

Liontown is best known for its Kathleen Valley Lithium project in Western Australia. Late last year, the company informed investors that the project was the 4^th largest hard rock lithium resource in the world.

In a pre-feasibility study last year, Liontown highlighted strong economics for the project. According to the company, the Kathleen Valley project has a net present value of $1.12 billion and development capital costs of ~$325 million. 

In a statement earlier this year, Liontown noted a number of additional improvements for the project. The company plans on having the mine commissioned and into production in the first half of 2025.

In addition to its lithium project, Liontown has identified 3 gold bedrock zones within its Moora Project. The company noted that further testing in the south-east zone was needed as the potential for more gold and copper reserves in the area is high.

Most recently, Liontown released an update on its intention to spin off its Moora and Koojan joint-venture projects.

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Shares in Greenvale Mining Ltd (ASX: GRV) were gaining today, despite no news from the company. At market close, the Greenvale share price was trading 33.5 cents – 9.8% higher than its previous closing price.

Today’s gains have also seen the Greenvale share price hit a new 52-week high of 34 cents. It broke its previous record earlier this afternoon.

Greenvale shares have also experienced impressive growth in 2021, currently a whopping 157% higher than they were at the beginning of the year.

Let’s take a look at what the oil shale miner has been up to lately.

The month that’s been

The ASX has received a multitude of news from Greenvale this year, but only 2 pieces of price sensitive news in the last 30 days.

The first was released on 7 June, when the miner announced it was ready to begin a “multi-pronged, high-impact” exploration program at its Georgina Basin IOCG Project in the Northern Territory.

Greenvale also announced its wholly-owned subsidiary, Knox Resources Pty Ltd, had successfully received funding from the NT Government in the form of 2 grants from the Resourcing the Territory initiative.

The grants saw the state government contribute just over $26,000 – 50% of the total cost – towards the on-ground gravity program at the Georgina Basin Project. The program’s results are due to be released in mid-July.

The next time market heard from Greendale was on Monday when the company announced the successful completion of its core drill program at the Alpha Torbanite Project in central Queensland. The drill program has paved the way for its definitive feasibility study (DFS).

Greenvale expects to deliver the Alpha Torbanite Project’s DFS later this year.

Greenvale share price snapshot

It goes without saying that 2021 has been good year so far for the Greenvale share price. And so have the last 12 months, which have seen Greenvale shares gain more than 1000%.

The company has a market capitalisation of around $120 million, with approximately 393 million shares outstanding.

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The S&P/ASX 200 Index (ASX: XJO) enjoyed a day on the green today, closing up 0.16% to 7,313 points.

We saw positive moves from most of the ASX banks, miners and other blue chips like Telstra Corporation Ltd (ASX: TLS) and Woolworths Group Ltd (ASX: WOW).

However, one sector did not join the party today. And that would be ASX gold miners.

Gold miners have fallen almost across the board. Take the largest by market capitalisation, Newcrest Mining Ltd (ASX: NCM). Newcrest shares closed down 1.60% at $25.28.

But investors in other gold miners wouldn’t be green with envy at that number. Miners like Regis Resources Limited (ASX: RRL),  Northern Star Resources Ltd (ASX: NST), Gold Road Resources Ltd (ASX: GOR) and Perseus Mining Limited (ASX: PRU) fared little better.

Perseus actually finished in the green today, up 0.34%. But Northern Star, Gold Road and Regis were down 1.51%, 1.56% and 1.67% respectively. Regis Resources actually finished on a new 52-week low of $2.36.

ASX investors take a gold shower

So why are we seeing such weakness across the board in this sector today? Well, as you might guess, it might be related to the price of gold itself. Gold is not in demand right now.

The yellow metal has continued to trade lower and sunk to an 11-week low over the past 24 hours. It’s going for US$1,761 an ounce a the time of writing.

It was only back at the start of June that gold was over US$1,900 an ounce. That was a 6-month high at the time. So this slide in the value of gold itself has clearly knocked some value off of the ASX companies that dig it out of the ground today.

Gold is often referred to as a ‘safe haven’ or ‘hedge’ asset. That’s because there’s a belief out there that gold tends to perform well during times of market uncertainty or stress. Especially when inflation is involved.

Conversely, when markets are strong and hitting new all-time highs (as they have been around the world over the past 2 months or so), gold often gets forgotten about. This may be why we are seeing an apparent lack of interest in gold and gold miners at the current time.

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With a new financial year upon us, now could be a good time to consider making some additions to your portfolio.

If exchange traded funds (ETFs) are of interest to you, then you might want to look at the two listed below. Here’s what you need to know about them:

BetaShares Asia Technology Tigers ETF (ASX: ASIA)

The BetaShares Asia Technology Tigers ETF could be an ETF to consider. It is invested in 50 of the largest technology and ecommerce companies that have their main area of business in Asia (excluding Japan).

This means you’ll be investing in companies that are at leading Asia’s technological revolution. These are companies that have been tipped for strong long term growth due to the region’s younger, tech-savvy population, which is surpassing the West in terms of technological adoption.

BetaShares notes that this is a high-growth sector that is under-represented in the Australian sharemarket, and a complement to investors with U.S. technology exposure.

Among the 50 shares in the fund are tech giants such as Alibaba, Baidu, Infosys, JD.com, Meituan Dianping, Pinduoduo, Samsung, and Tencent Holdings.

BetaShares Global Cybersecurity ETF (ASX: HACK)

Over the last 12 months, there have been countless stories about hackers holding businesses to ransom. Unfortunately, this threat is not going away any time soon, rather it is expected to get worse in the future.

In light of this, demand for cybersecurity services and solutions is tipped to grow very strongly over the 2020s. This could make it well worth gaining exposure to the sector. And one way to achieve this is with the BetaShares Global Cybersecurity ETF.

This popular ETF gives investors access to the leading companies in the global cybersecurity sector. Included in the fund are both global cybersecurity giants and emerging players from a range of global locations. This includes Accenture, Cisco, Cloudflare, Crowdstrike, Okta, and Splunk.

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Its been an explosive month for Fertoz Ltd (ASX: FTZ) shares, surging 240% in June to a 52-week high today.

Shares in the organic fertiliser producer shot up 31% this morning, touching a high of 19 cents apiece. At the market close today, the Fertoz share price had lost some ground and was trading at 16.5 cents, up 13.7%.

Fertoz aims to tackle the issue of high carbon emissions from agriculture through its organic rock phosphate fertiliser product. The company is currently focused on supplying the North American and Australian organic and conventional agricultural markets.

Let’s take a closer look.

What did Fertoz announce today?

In an announcement to the ASX today, Fernoz provided an update on its plans to start mining operations at its Fernie Mining Project.

The Fernie project is a large phosphate deposit located in British Columbia, Canada.

According to the release, Fertoz plans to start phosphate mining and extraction operations at Fernie in July 2021 to meet increasing customer demand.

The company said that orders and contracts through the second quarter “have again been very strong” with more than 10,000 tonnes of organic rock phosphate due for filling and delivery.

What did management say?

Fertoz sales vice-president Sean Gatin welcomed the news, saying:

It has long been Fertoz’s strategy to open and use Canadian mines to supply Canada, and focus on Montana and Mexico mines for the US market. These improved volumes will allow opening and long term mining of our leases in the Fernie area.

Fertoz share price surges in 2021

It’s been a good year so far for the Fertoz share price, which has lifted ~183% year-to-date to a 52-week high of 19 cents.

Back in March, the company announced that it had experienced a “record start to 2021”, seeing strong demand from North America, Australia and Philippines markets.

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Some ASX shares with high dividend yields are rated as buys by brokers.

Dividend shares are in higher demand these days with the official Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) cash rate at almost 0%.

The below two businesses have picked by brokers as buys that also have higher yields:

Charter Hall Long WALE REIT (ASX: CLW)

This is a real estate investment trust (REIT) that is managed by Charter Hall Group (ASX: CHC). The aim of the REIT is to have a portfolio of properties that have long rental lease contracts. At the latest update, the REIT had a weighted average lease expiry (WALE) of 13.8 years after announcing some acquisitions last month.

Those acquisitions, which included two ATO buildings, increased the occupancy rate to 97.7% and the weighted average rent review (WARR) to 2.3%.

After the acquisitions, 31% of the ASX dividend share’s portfolio is long WALE retail, 22% is industrial, 27% is office, 16% is social infrastructure and 5% is agri-logistics. Those properties are spread right across Australia, as well as a small amount in New Zealand.

Some of the major tenants include Australian government entities, Telstra Corporation Ltd (ASX: TLS), BP, Woolworths Group Ltd (ASX: WOW), Coles Group Ltd (ASX: COL), David Jones and Metcash Limited (ASX: MTS).

Charter Hall Long WALE REIT has increased its distribution each year since it listed in 2016, including through the COVID-19 year of 2020.

It’s currently rated as a buy by Citi, which believes that Charter Hall Long WALE REIT will pay a distribution yield of 6.3%.

Inghams Group Ltd (ASX: ING)

Inghams is a large poultry business. In the first six months of FY21, its group core poultry volume was 224.6kt (up 4%).

The company recently increased its profit guidance because of its operating performance. It’s now expecting underlying earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) (pre AASB16) to be in a range of $203 million to $213 million. Underlying net profit after tax (NPAT) (pre AASB16) is expected to be between $96 million to $103 million.

In the FY21 half-year result it said that its underlying EBITDA (pre AASB 16) was up 9.8% to $100.7 million and underlying net profit was up 10.7% to $46.5 million.

In terms of the dividend, Inghams increased it by 2.7% to 7.5 cents per share in the half-year result. Citi also rates Inghams as a buy, it’s expecting Inghams to pay a grossed-up dividend yield of 6.1%.

The ASX dividend share’s board recently revised its dividend policy payout ratio to between 60% to 80% of underlying net profit.

Inghams said it will continue to focus on the execution of its five-year strategy to deliver more consistent, predictable and reliable returns to shareholders.

The company said the net impact of lower feed prices is expected to be modest in the second half of FY21, given the recent surge in international demand and its customer cost pass through mechanisms.

There is ongoing volatility remaining because of COVID-19 and the potential re-opening of some Australian export markets.

According to Citi, the Inghams share price is valued at 18x FY21’s estimated earnings.

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Investors of the ETFS FANG+ ETF (ASX: FANG) might be wondering what in the world of stocks is going on today.

The Australian listed exchange-traded fund (ETF) has fallen a steep 10%, prompting an eyebrow raise.

FANG+ ETF unit price falls

For those less familiar, the FANG+ ETF is a highly concentrated fund tracking a basket of US shares known as the FANG+ stocks.

Essentially it’s the old ‘FAANG’ faces with a few new friends. Most would know the usual suspects… Facebook, Inc. (NASDAQ: FB), Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN), Apple Inc (NASDAQ: AAPL), Netflix Inc (NASDAQ: NFLX), and Google parent company Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ: GOOGL) (NASDAQ: GOOG). This tradeable fund throws in 5 more tantalising tech names, such as Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) and NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ: NVDA).

Considering there wasn’t a major selloff in tech companies overnight, investors might be scratching their heads as the ETF drops. Well, the reason for the unit price falling today is the ETF going ex-dividend with a big capital distribution inbound.

The ex-dividend date is the cut-off date to receive the next dividend/distribution. With FANG+ ETF’s ex-div date being today, investors can take their money elsewhere and still collect the fund’s next payment. However, the fall in the unit price is a little more complicated.

Bigger distribution estimate

While some of the drop in the ETF price might be attributable to investors selling, a big contributor is a decrease in the fund’s net asset value (NAV).

Because the FANG+ targets an equal-weighting of each stock, ETF Securities needed to rebalance the fund by selling down some positions during the period. These capital gains are then passed onto investors via the fund’s regular distributions.

According to today’s update, the fund has revised its distribution estimate from $1.47 to $2.15 per unit — roughly a 46% increase. The higher payment is due to greater than expected capital gains during the period.

Furthermore, the capital to be returned to investors is built into the NAV. Therefore, with $2.15 per unit expected to be paid out, the ETF’s NAV has fallen to match the new NAV.

We reached out to ETF Securities for more insight. The fund’s Head of Distributions, Kanish Chugh said:

The distribution FANG is paying out is primarily from the realized capital gains generated during the financial year. Holders of FANG prior to the 30 June 2021 will receive this distribution on the payment date of 15 July 2021, either in the form of cash or new units if you’ve opted into the DRP.

Market beating returns

Despite the price pullback, the ETFS FANG+ ETF is still outperforming both the NASDAQ Composite Index (NASDAQ: IXIC) and the S&P/ASX 200 Index (ASX: XJO).

In the past year, the FANG-focused ETF rallied 55.8%. Meanwhile, the tech-heavy NASDAQ climbed 44.4%… returns were even lesser-so for the ASX 200, at 24.6%.

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The Appen Ltd (ASX: APX) share price is ending the month on a disappointing note.

In late afternoon trade, the artificial intelligence data services company’s shares are down 5% to $13.60.

This latest decline means that the Appen share price is now down 47% since the start of the year.

Why is the Appen share price sinking today?

With no news out of the company, the decline in the Appen share price appears likely to be related to today’s date – 30 June.

As today is the final day of the tax year, investors will often do some tax-loss selling. This involves selling shares that have incurred a capital loss, which may then offset capital gains that have been realised throughout the financial year.

And given how poorly the Appen share price has performed this year, it certainly would be a candidate for this practice.

Is this a buying opportunity?

While opinion remains largely divided on the company, one leading broker that sees value in the Appen share price is Ord Minnett.

In response to its reorganisation update last month, the broker has put a buy rating and $24.75 price target on its shares. This price target implies potential upside of almost 82% over the next 12 months.

According to the note, the broker is pleased with its plans and expects the changes to lead to more clarity on the drivers of its growth.

In addition to this, Ord Minnett notes that Appen has reaffirmed its earnings guidance for FY 2021. And while this comes with a sizeable second half skew, it appears quietly confident the resumption of some deferred projects will help it get there.

All in all, while the last 12 months have been very disappointing for Appen shareholders, the broker appears to believe the next 12 months will be a different story.

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The Bapcor Ltd (ASX: BAP) share price is pushing higher again on Wednesday.

In afternoon trade, the auto parts retailer and distributor’s shares are up 1.5% to $8.51.

This means the Bapcor share price is now up 44% over the last 12 months.

Why is the Bapcor share price pushing higher?

Investors have been bidding the Bapcor share price higher today after brokers responded positively to its strategy update earlier this week.

That update revealed that Bapcor wants to open more than 694 new stores over the next five years. This includes growing its footprint in Thailand to at least 60 stores over the period. This will be up from six stores at present. Management expects this to help Bapcor grow its total turnover in Asia to $500 million annually

What did brokers say?

Two brokers that are bullish on the Bapcor share price are Citi and Morgan Stanley. In response to its update, they have held firm with their equivalent of buy ratings.

Citi has also lifted its price target to $9.55, whereas Morgan Stanley has held firm with its price target of $9.70.

Based on the current Bapcor share price, this implies potential upside of 12% and 14%, respectively, over the next 12 months.

Citi commented: “Our key takeaway from Bapcor’s strategic update was the company has an abundance of medium to long term growth opportunities which should help it grow in FY22 as it cycles favourable changes to consumer mobility and retail conditions. The key growth drivers include i) rollout within Trade and Retail, ii) private label expansion, iii) international rollout supported by its Thailand JV and recent acquisition of a 25% stake in Tye Soon, and iv) expansion of its Specialist Wholesale business.”

Overall, the broker is confident that Bapcor can deliver solid earnings and dividend growth over its forecast period.

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The Sezzle Inc (ASX: SZL) share price is down despite the company announcing a new partnership with US media behemoth Barstool Sports.

At the time of writing, shares in the buy now, pay later (BNPL) provider are trading for $8.96 – down 0.5%. For context, the S&P/ASX 200 Index (ASX: XJO) is 0.61% higher.

Let’s take a closer look at today’s news.

Sezzle shares down despite Barstool deal

In a statement late last night, the Afterpay Ltd (ASX: APT) rival declared it and Barstool Sports, creator of podcast shows such as ‘Call Her Daddy’ and ‘The Dave Portnoy Show’, would become partners.

Sezzle will undertake marketing promotions to Barstool audiences, including sponsoring many of its shows.

“We chose Sezzle because they are not simply a payments company but a marketing organization that speaks the language of our fans,” said Barstool CRO Deirdre Lester.

“Sezzle is an ideal partner for Barstool and is taking a 360 approach in reaching our audience.”

“They provide a highly rated payments solution for our e-commerce business as well as reaching fans across several of our marquee brands and shows.”

More than 70% of Sezzle users are millennials or from generation Z, according to the company. Barstool believes there’s enough overlap between their markets to warrant the partnership.

Despite the news, Sezzle shares are not ‘sizzling’ on the share market.

Management commentary

Sezzle CEO Charlie Youakim said of the news:

Barstool Sports is a brand that epitomizes consumerism of the new generation. At Sezzle, we actively promote product innovation that reaches the needs of young shoppers.

Whether through credit-building or purpose-driven marketing campaigns, we understand and appreciate that shoppers today look for authenticity in the brands they love. Barstool Sports provides a bridge to millions of brand-loyal consumers looking to redefine payments.

Sezzle shares snapshot

Over the past 12 months, Sezzle shares have increased in value by 138%. Of all BNPL providers listed on the ASX with a market capitalisation above $200 million, Sezzle has seen the greatest return on investment for shareholders in that time.

Sezzle’s market cap is approximately $925 million.

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