In the part 2 of 'What is the Stock Market, we explore the following:

• Ethical considerations of investing in the stock market, including shareholder value versus stakeholder value.


• Types of assets on the stock market: stocks, bonds, and derivatives.


• Permissibility of investing in certain assets from an Islamic finance perspective.


• Screening tools like Wahid, Zoya Finance, and TYC Finance for identifying Sharia-compliant investments.


• Concepts of bull market, bear market, bubbles, and market crashes, with reference to past examples.