For the sake that this thread is going to boil down to an economy discussion, I think economy board would suit their better.
Nevertheless, I know many people here will due to adhering to speculations of bitcoin and then say they prefers bitcoin to stock.
I have under gone a research and found that lot of bitcoin investors only invest here for future investments purposes while they primarily hold and hedge to sustain living in the meantime on the stocks.
Acknowledging that reckless expenditures are threats to ruin financial reliance in the future, it is at least necessary to sustain a living for now while strives on what the future may have.
So if you have me the stock and bitcoin to make an option, I will go for the stock because I need to sustain life in the short or meantime with my stocks income and since investing on bitcoin takes mile (long time) before we can earn profits, I see it to be a risk to life it we go for it while having a life in need in short times.
Perhaps bitcoin can only be a defensive for a long term when the economy system has badly affected and not for a short time and in a controversial, life is a daily base in need of funds which only Short time as the stock can provide while bitcoin is a project to solve future needs.