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For investors, the stock market provides a way to directly participate in enterprise growth and profit sharing. When buying stocks, investors actually become shareholders of the enterprise and have the right to share the dividend icon and capital appreciation of the enterprise. If the stock market does not rise, investors' income will not be guaranteed, which will weaken investors' confidence in the whole financial market.The existence and development of derivative financial commodity market is based on the stock market. The stock market provides the pricing basis and trading objects for derivative financial products. If the stock market does not rise, derivative financial products will lose the source of their price changes. For example, stock index futures are futures contracts with the stock index as the target. If the stock index does not rise for a long time, it will be difficult to attract investors and its market value will be greatly reduced.In the complex and charming financial world, the stock capital market is like the cornerstone of a magnificent building, while other derivative financial products are like building structures attached to this cornerstone. Once the stocks in the stock capital market do not rise, those seemingly diverse and exquisite other derivative financial products are almost equal to zero.

According to the research report of financial institutions, the trading volume of derivative financial commodity market usually drops sharply during the period of stock market downturn. This is because investors' income expectations of derivative financial products have decreased, while risk aversion has increased. For example, during the global financial crisis in 2008, the stock market plummeted, and the markets of derivatives such as futures and options also fell into chaos. Many investors suffered heavy losses because of the transactions of derivatives.Second, the dependence of derivative financial products on the stock marketSummary: The stock capital market occupies a fundamental position in the financial system. It is not only a barometer of macro-economy, but also has important functions of capital aggregation and resource allocation. Other derivative financial products exist and develop on the basis of the stock market. When the stocks in the stock capital market do not rise, derivative financial products are like rootless trees, lacking the basis of value change, the trading volume decreases, the risk is amplified, and the meaning of existence is almost lost, which is equivalent to zero. This also reminds us that while paying attention to derivative financial products, we can't ignore the cornerstone and root of the stock capital market.

2. The function of capital accumulation and resource allocation in the stock market.The stock market also has the function of resource allocation. The rising stock market can guide the flow of funds to enterprises with good efficiency and development potential, and realize the optimal allocation of resources. When the stock price does not rise, the flow of funds may be stagnant or disorderly, and those high-quality enterprises that should have been supported by funds may be ignored, resulting in waste of resources and inefficient allocation.First, the basic position of the stock capital market