As fans might have noticed, the AVZ Minerals Ltd (ASX: AVZ) share price hasn’t traded on the ASX for most of May. In fact, the ASX lithium share has only spent 3 sessions out of the freezer this month.

At the time of writing, the stock remains frozen at 78 cents. That’s where it closed on 6 May.

So, what’s going on with the AVZ Minerals share price and when will it trade again? Let’s take a look.

When will AVZ Minerals shares trade again?

Fans of AVZ Minerals can breathe easy knowing the company’s share price is expected to come out of the freezer on Friday.

Though, it’s best not to hope too high. Trading halts and suspensions are commonly extended.

The reason behind the company’s current suspension is also extremely complicated.

It all boils down to the Manono Lithium and Tin Mine, located in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

See, AVZ Minerals has a 75% share in the mine. La Congolaise D’Exploitation Miniere SA (Cominiere) owned the other 25%.

AVZ Minerals recently received a mining licence for the project. That triggered a term in a joint venture agreement between it and Cominiere. The term meant the latter was to cede 10% of its interest in the mine to the Democratic Republic of Congo Government.

AVZ Minerals expected to then be able to acquire Cominiere’s remaining 15%.

This is where is gets really messy. Cominiere says it sold 15% of its stake to Chinese company Jing Cheng Mining Company.

AVZ Minerals and Jing Cheng are now going head-to-head in a legal battle over the stake. That’s what the company is planning to update the market on this Friday.

No doubt, all eyes will be on the AVZ Minerals share price if it does thaw this week.

And if you thought it couldn’t get messier, think again. AVZ Minerals has already agreed to sell 24% of its stake in the mine to another party.

That means, if all goes wrong, the company could hold a 51% stake in the Manono Lithium and Tin Mine.

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The Poseidon Nickel Ltd (ASX: POS) share price has been struggling the past month.

The company’s share price has fallen 24% from 8.9 cents at market open on 19 April to its current share price of 6.75 cents. In today’s trade, the Poseidon Nickel share price is rallying 3.5%.

Let’s take a look at what is happening at Poseidon Nickel.

Why is the Poseidon Nickel share price falling?

Nickel prices could be impacting the company’s share price. Nickel prices have plunged 20% in a month, Trading Economics data shows.

Poseidon is exploring the Windarra, Black Swan, and Lake Johnson nickel projects in Western Australia.

The company reported its quarterly results on 29 April. On that day, the company’s share price climbed 1.2% from 8.3 to 8.4 cents. The company reported cash of $16.8 million as of 31 March 2022. Commenting on the results, managing director and CEO Peter Harold said:

The company continues to make solid progress on our ‘Fill the Mill’ strategy. The Black Swan Disseminated resource drilling program, Silver Swan decline rehabilitation and pit dewatering studies were important milestones achieved in the March quarter.

Earlier, on 27 April, Poseidon provided a resource update from the Silver Swan deposit at Black Swan. The company reported an increase in high-grade resource base at the project.

For context, the S&P/ASX 200 Materials Index (ASX: XMJ) has fallen more than 12% in the past month.

Share price snapshot

The Poseidon Nickel share price has climbed more than 6% in the past year but it has shed 38% in the year to date.

For perspective, the benchmark S&P/ASX 200 Index (ASX: XJO) has returned 1% in the past year.

Poseidon Nickel has a a market capitalisation of about $208 million based on today’s share price.

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The S&P/ASX 200 Index (ASX: XJO) is once again inching higher during this Tuesday’s ASX trading session. After modest gains yesterday, the ASX 200 is up again today, having risen 0.27% higher to just over 7,100 points at the time of writing.

But let’s dig a little deeper into these market moves and check out the companies that are currently topping the ASX 200’s share trading volume charts, according to investing.com.

The 3 most traded ASX 200 shares by volume this Tuesday

Pilbara Minerals Ltd (ASX: PLS)

Lithium producer Pilbara Minerals is first up today. This ASX 200 lithium stock has had a sizeable 15.67 million of its shares trade on the markets thus far today. Lithium producers are also up across the board today, helped by rising commodity prices.

In Pilbara’s case, its share price has enjoyed a healthy 4.23% bump to $2.71 so far today. This comes after the company announced that it, along with project partner Calix Ltd (ASX: CXL), had been awarded a $20 million grant from the Australian Government to develop the proposed Mid-Stream Project at the Pilgangoora lithium project. We likely have this move in the share price to thank for the high trading volumes on display here.

Beach Energy Ltd (ASX: BPT)

ASX 200 energy share Beach is our next horse out of the stable today. So far, a notable 15.74 million Beach Energy shares have changed hands as it currently stands. There’s been no fresh news out of Beach today. However, this oil producer has enjoyed a very sharp rise in value today.

Beach shares are currently up by a pleasing 6.24% at $1.74 each. This move is being mirrored by other ASX energy shares today, and likely reflects sharp rises in the oil price over the past day or two. It’s this big move upward for Beach that is probably behind this elevated trading volume we see.

AGL Energy Limited (ASX: AGL)

An energy share of a different kind, power and gas provider AGL is our final and most traded share of the day thus far this Tuesday. As it currently holds, a whopping 39.75 million AGL shares have been bought and sold so far today.

Once more, we have no news or announcements to speak of with AGL today. Saying that, we have seen some volatile movements with AGL shares that are the likely culprit behind this trading volume. The AGL share price is currently up a solid 1.6% at $8.56 a share. That comes after an initial dip down to $8.38 this morning, followed by a rise to $8.70, and a cooling back to the current AGL share price.

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CSL Limited (ASX: CSL) shares, strong long-term performers, have faced unexpected tailwinds over the past few years, with the global pandemic impacting some of the company’s operations.

While COVID disruptions appear to be easing for the S&P/ASX 200 Index (ASX: XJO) biotech company, shakeups in the market have seen the CSL share price drop 7.2% this year, while the ASX 200 itself has slipped 6.4%.

However, looking ahead, Jun Bei Liu, portfolio manager at Tribeca Investment Partners, says investment in CSL shares could help “future-proof your portfolio”.

Fully funded and generating great cash flow

Speaking to Livewire, Liu said CSL shares top the list of ASX healthcare growth stocks she’s been buying.

She said CSL shares have “been hit early in this calendar year on the basis that everyone else was buying resources, and BHP Group Ltd (ASX: BHP) became such a big part of the index”.

Liu continued:

 Its earnings were hurt by the pandemic, simply because the blood collection was quite tough over the last few years. Now in its most recent update, CSL actually talked to that – it’s actually picking up quite quickly, which means earnings will grow quite significantly after that short term disruption.

To me, that business is trading on a very reasonable multiple for the growth it is going to deliver. And very similarly, the company is fully funded, generating really great cash flow. It’s really helping you to future-proof your portfolio.

Investors concerned about the impacts of rising interest rates and bond yields may also wish to investigate CSL shares.

According to Liu:

The bond yield, whether it’s peaked now or whether it’s in a month’s time or whether it’s further down the track, it doesn’t really matter. This is a quality growth company. Soon the market will come back to those companies and realise that everywhere else growth is going to be hard to deliver.

CSL shares also pay a 1.1% trailing dividend yield, unfranked.

How have CSL shares performed longer-term?

As long-term investors, it can pay to take a step back and study long-term performance.

With that in mind, CSL shares have gained 109% over the past five years, handily outpacing the 24% gains posted by the ASX 200 over that same period.

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The Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Ltd (ASX: ANZ) share price is edging higher today, up less than 1% at $25.60.

After starting the new year higher, ANZ shares have fluctuated over the last few months of trade. Prices have gyrated between a high of $28.75 in January and a low of $24.82 in March, a 16% spread.

Is the ANZ share price cheap?

Analysts at investment bank JP Morgan are overweight on ANZ shares and are tipping more upside for 2022 with a $30.30 price target.

The broker affirmed its view in a recent note, highlighting its “greater certainty in ANZ’s top line (revenue)”.

“ANZ offers the greatest exposure to rising offshore rates, stemming from its NZ franchise, and its large institutional business,” analysts wrote.

“It also has a large relative exposure to business lending, which should provide some protection from the severe short-term pressure on mortgage margins. While mortgage growth has been disappointing of late, we expect a gradual improvement in line with improved processing efficiencies.

“We expect ANZ will return to out-cost in FY23 as investment spend normalises. Capital management potential is at the upper end of the major banks.”

Meanwhile, analysts at Bloomberg Intelligence have echoed JP Morgan’s sentiment at the top, but reckon there could be a risk to ANZ’s net profit guidance.

The pair of Matt Ingram and Jack Baxter at Bloomberg reckon that “ANZ’s fiscal 2022 adjusted profit may fall 8-10%, as impairments rise from 2021’s A$567 million write-back and 1H’s A$284 million”.

“Costs may stay high as ANZ said investments would peak in fiscal 2022 and subsequent declines could be booked as savings, given inflation will make other cost cuts tricky and the A$8 billion target tough to hit,” the pair added.

Checking analyst recommendations provided by Bloomberg data reveals that 50% of coverage has ANZ rated as a buy, whereas roughly 44% have it as a hold.

The remaining 6% of analysts covering ANZ urge their clients to sell their positions.

In the last 12 months of trade, the ANZ share price has slipped 6% in the red. It’s also down around 7% over the past month.

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In afternoon trade, the S&P/ASX 200 Index (ASX: XJO) is fighting hard to stay in positive territory. At the time of writing, the benchmark index is up 0.2% to 7,108.7 points.

Four ASX shares that have failed to follow the market higher today are listed below. Here’s why they are sinking:

Brambles Limited (ASX: BXB)

The Brambles share price is down 8% to $10.70. Investors have been selling the logistics solutions company’s shares after it revealed that takeover talks with CVC Capital Partners have collapsed. Brambles will now focus on implementing the Shaping our Future transformation plan.

James Hardie Industries plc (ASX: JHX)

The James Hardie share price is down 3% to $37.61. This is despite the building materials company’s fourth quarter update revealing a 20% lift in quarterly global net sales to US$968 million. This underpinned a 24% year on year increase in James Hardie’s global net sales to US$3.6 billion for FY 2022. However, this was a touch short of consensus estimates.

Seek Limited (ASX: SEK)

The Seek share price is down 4% to $24.36. This may have been driven by the release of a bearish broker note out of Goldman Sachs. Its analysts have retained their sell rating and cut their price target on the job listings company’s shares to $26.60. Goldman is expecting strong earnings growth in FY 2022 but then an extremely sharp slowdown in FY 2023.

Sezzle Inc (ASX: SZL)

The Sezzle share price is down 6.5% to 64.5 cents. Investors have been selling this buy now pay later provider’s shares due to weakness in the tech sector. In addition, the re-release of its quarterly update may not be helping with sentiment. Several weeks after its initial release, Sezzle has reminded investors of its slowing growth and sizeable losses.

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The All Ordinaries Index (ASX: XAO) is higher today, but three ASX mining shares are outperforming the index.

The All Ordinaries Index is up 0.27% today to 7,345.8 points. For context, the S&P/ASX 200 Resources Index (ASX: XJR) is 1.25% higher at the time of writing, while the S&P/ASX 200 Materials Index (ASX: XMJ) is 0.86% in the green.

Let’s take a look at three ASX explorers doing well today.

Red 5 Ltd (ASX: RED)

The Red 5 share price is surging 9.09% today. Red 5 is exploring gold at the King of the Hills Gold Project in Western Australia. The spot gold price rebounded 0.8% overnight due to softening US bond yields. The company’s share price has leapt 5% since market close on 11 May. On 12 May, Red 5 revealed ore processing had started at the company’s King of the Hills project. Red 5 managing director Mark Williams said:

This is a key milestone for King of the Hills, delivered on time and on budget, and puts us on track for first gold production in the near future.

Renascor Resources Ltd (ASX: RNU)

The Renascor Resources share price is soaring 6.67% today. Renascor is developing the Siviour Graphite project in South Australia. Graphite is the anode material for batteries in electric vehicles (EV). The company’s share price appears to be jumping amid strong market sentiment among ASX graphite shares. The Novonix Ltd (ASX: NVX) share price is up 1.32% today, Syrah Resources Ltd (ASX: SYR) is leaping 5.62% and Black Rock Mining Ltd (ASX: BKT) is climbing 1.25%. Renascor raised $65 million via a share placement in late April to push expansion and development of the Siviour project.

Ioneer Ltd (ASX: INR)

The Ioneer share price is up 8.66% at the time of writing, settling from its intraday high of more than 10% higher. Ioneer is exploring the Rhyolite Ridge Lithium-Boron project in Nevada, USA. The company’s shares are rising amid strong lithium sentiment. ASX lithium explorers Mineral Resources Limited (ASX: MIN) and Core Lithium Ltd (ASX: CXO) are also up 5.36% and 7.17% respectively today. Lithium is a critical component in EV batteries. In a recent presentation in Sydney, Ioneer said its Rhyolite Ridge project is “ideally positioned” to serve the US battery supply chain.

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The ETFS Battery Tech & Lithium ETF (ASX: ACDC) is certainly one of the more interesting exchange-traded funds (ETFs) on the ASX to watch.

Lithium, green metals, and battery technology are all areas of investing that have seen an enormous level of investor interest over the past year or two. And this ETF covers this space in all its glory. Not to mention its eye-catching, high voltage ticker code.

The ACDC ETF has been around since September 2018. It invests in a basket of global shares that collectively cover battery technology and green metal producers. Some of its top holdings are ASX shares like Mineral Resources Limited (ASX: MIN) and Pilbara Minerals Ltd (ASX: PLS). But it also counts international giants like Lockheed Martin, Hyundai Electric, and Toshiba Corp.

Since its inception, investors have enjoyed some meaningful returns from this ETF. Since September 2018, ACDC units have averaged a return of 17.8% per annum. That’s despite a loss of 15.5% over the past six months.

But many investors like to invest for income as well as capital gains. So how does ACDC fare in this department? Does this ETF pay out dividend distributions?

ACDC: Does this ASX ETF pay dividends?

Well, the answer to that question is yes. ACDC does indeed pay dividend distributions. It does so once a year, usually on 15 July.

Its last dividend distribution was doled out on 15 July 2021. This was a payment of $6.31 per unit, which came with a small number of franking credits too. This gives the ETFS Battery Tech & Lithium ETF a trailing distribution yield of 7.68% on current pricing.

Take that with a grain of salt though. ETFs like ACDC can be inconsistent when it comes to their distributions. Although investors enjoyed this monster payout last year, the previous two years saw dividend distributions of 79.18 cents per unit and $1.24 per unit respectively.

We haven’t yet heard what kind of dividend distributions are coming investors’ way in 2022 yet. But it will be interesting to see what this ASX ETF comes up with this time.

The ETFA Battery Tech & Lithium ETF charges a management fee of 0.69% per annum.

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The Australian Strategic Materials Ltd (ASX: ASM) share price is handing back all of Monday’s gains and then some today.

At the time of writing, the Australian Strategic Materials share price is $5.06. That’s 12% lower than its previous close and 3.78% lower than it was at the end of Friday’s session.

For context, the broader market is in the green today. Right now, the All Ordinaries Index (ASX: XAO) is recording a 0.17% increase.

Let’s take a look at what’s going on with the critical metals producer this week.

Australian Strategic Materials share price tumbles

Australian Strategic Materials’ shares are plunging back into the red on Tuesday.

It surged 9% yesterday after it exited a trading halt with news Korea’s KCF Energy is investing US$15 million ($21.44 million at today’s exchange rate) to buy new shares in the company for $8.90 apiece.

The Seoul-based company also agreed to revise the pair’s framework agreement and negotiate a five-year offtake agreement for the supply of 2,800 dry metric tonnes of NdFEB alloy from the Korean Metals Plant.

The framework negotiations will see the companies discussing more investments in the ASX-listed critical metals producer.  

Thus, today’s drop could be a simple market correction after yesterday’s buying frenzy.

This week’s movements included, shares in Australian Strategic Materials are trading 55% lower year to date. Though, they have gained 19% since this time last year.

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Plenty of small ASX shares have experienced volatility in 2022. Could they now be too cheap to ignore?

A business isn’t necessarily better value after dropping in price. There could be a worsening of trading conditions, meaning the lower share price could be justified.

It could also be important to note that the ASX share market, or specific businesses, could keep falling from here. There isn’t a rule about when a business will reach the bottom of its decline.

However, investors can only take advantage of good opportunities if they actually jump on them. Could the below two businesses be good ideas?

Shaver Shop Group Ltd (ASX: SSG)

Shaver Shop is an ASX retail share with a market capitalisation of $138 million, according to ASX. It is a specialty retailer of male and female personal grooming products. It wants to be the market leader of “all things related to hair removal”.

The company is expanding its product range into other areas like oral care, hair care, massage, air treatment, and beauty categories.

The Shaver Shop share price has fallen by more than 13% in the last month.

Despite all of the impacts from COVID-19 lockdowns, Shaver Shop achieved growth in certain financial metrics in the first half of FY22. Total sales grew by 2.8% to $127.1 million, while corporate store online sales increased by 37.2% to $51.6 million.

While the HY22 earnings per share (EPS) dropped by 9.8 to 10.6 cents, the dividend per share was increased by a large 40.6% to 4.5 cents per share.

The small ASX share thinks that it’s well placed to benefit from new COVID-19 era customers turning into loyal, repeat customers. It continues to target new store openings in Australia and New Zealand.

In the second half of FY22 to 17 February 2022, total sales increased 6.2% and online sales were up 23.8%.

The broker Ord Minnett thinks that the Shaver Shop share price is a buy, with a price target of $1.30. The broker thinks the FY23 grossed-up dividend yield is going to be 13.7%.

At the time of writing, Shaver Shop shares are changing hands for $1.04 apiece.

Dusk Group Ltd (ASX: DSK)

Dusk is also an ASX retail share. It has a market capitalisation of $134 million according to the ASX.

This business describes itself as an Australian specialty retailer of home fragrance products, both through its stores and online. It sells candles, ultrasonic diffusers, reed diffusers, and essential oils, as well as fragrance-related homewares.

The Dusk share price has dropped by 32% since the beginning of 2022. It recently announced that it wasn’t going ahead with the acquisition of Eroma.

While total sales went backwards in the first half of FY22 mostly due to lockdowns, there were some positive numbers. The pro forma gross profit margin increased from 67.7% in the prior corresponding period to 68% in HY22. The small ASX share also added six new stores to finish the period with a network of 128 stores.

It has a trailing grossed-up dividend yield of 13.2%.

Management sees expansion into New Zealand and a continued store rollout in Australia as opportunities.

However, the company warned that in the second half, consumer sentiment continued to be “soft”.

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