It's been a tense week for Australian investors, beset by uncertainty on all sides.

It's been a tense week for Australian investors, beset by uncertainty on all sides.

The rush late last week on Wall Street to dump chipmaker stocks – the so-called picks and shovels of the AI boom – has renewed fears of an investment bubble.

SYDNEY, July 20 : Asian share markets slipped on Monday as the escalating conflict in the Gulf lifted oil prices and fanned fears of inflation, while a packed week of major tech…