trading/investing in commodities - why do/have people prefer equities?

[john kane]

Just wondering why so many people go for equities? The recent last few years for commodities seems to of been great, why have so many not taken advantage?

Copper has shooted back up in the last couple of weeks from 6200 or so to 7400, nickel has now almost hit 50,000, gold is starting to rise again, uranium has gone through the roof.

Why isn't/didn't everyone make trades/investments in these?

Is it a case of high risk - high return and these coin flips have landed on the right side, or have they been genuinely very good investments?