ETF and land represent real production value. Land most directly of course, and that's about the most stable as you can get: even if literally the entire economy collapsed, at least you still have land you can farm.
ETFs are a bit indirect; to be more direct, you'd have to buy shares of the individual companies represented in them, but for most people that's a lot of work. ETFs get you the same thing. Their composition might change, but only slowly and tied to a whole bunch of criteria. And in the end, they do represent the economic value of real companies that produce things.