Q1. What is the stock market? Answer : In a layman term, Stock market is just similar to any Grocery market. The only difference is: In the Grocery market, you purchase and sell grocery items while on the stock market you transact on equities. Q2. Who regulates the stock market? Answer : Stock markets are regulated by the nation’s various stock exchanges. Further, these stock exchanges are regulated and monitored by a separate regulatory authority. Like in the USA, the regulatory authority is SEC (Securities and Exchange Commission). Q3. What are the instruments that are traded on stock exchanges? Answer : Generally, on most of the stock exchanges the following financial instruments are traded: • Equities, • Commodities, and • Derivatives · Options · Futures In some stock exch...