Stocks as investment:
http://www.macrotrends.org/1378/dow-to-gold-ratio-100-year-h...
And of course, ycombinator. You know... the angel fund / venture capitalist firm that runs this website? We're all here because of investors investing into technology. They do so because they believe they can ultimately make money with technology investments. At least, more so than Gold, Real Estate, or even Stocks.