In the investment world, what is the difference between a commodity and a equity?

equity is the amount of ownership you have of something, e.g. if your house costs 250k and you have a mortgage for 200k you have 50k equity.
Direct equity refers to ownership of shares.
A commodity is a product synonomous with all other products of the same type e.g. a tonne of iron is interchangable with any other tonne of iron however different brands of TV have different charicteristics so a TV is not a commodity.
Commodities are normaly raw resources but not always, some computer chips are commodities, as are manufactured metals such as steel.

commodities are brute products
equity is a way u coluld share them or price

a commodity is something you have like collateral equity is how much you have invested in something. if you are buying a house and have paid 25000 on it then that is your equity

commodities are usually raw material items (oil, metals, agricultural products) that are traded usually on the futures or mercantile market. equities are companies or stocks traded on the stock market.

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