Equally true of most other commodities and currencies, right? No; if I hold a stock I receive a dividend from the company and a vote in their governance; if I

Equally true of most other commodities and currencies, right? No; if I hold a stock I receive a dividend from the company and a vote in their governance; if I hold a bond I receive interest payments; if I hold bauxite I can use it to make whatever you make with bauxite.