The traditional markets attempt to assign a value to the expected future value of all (public) companies. As technology advances, goods and services can be produced and delivered more efficiently, allowing $1 to buy more. Investing in the stock market is using your money to drive the improvements, and selling your stock is reaping those rewards.

Bitcoin is just a list of financial transactions that a couple of different computers agreed on the order of.

I don't see how they are comparable.