If you consider the amount of investment dollars parked in gold and metals relative to the amount of total investment dollars/flows in other financialized asset

If you consider the amount of investment dollars parked in gold and metals relative to the amount of total investment dollars/flows in other financialized assets, isn't the answer kind of self evident? Sure, there are worse stores of value but there are better, more stable (and modern) ones that are more prevalent in actual practice. Much of the total interest in gold is emotional or speculative too.