a few resources:

Yahoo ETF browser. ETFs (exchange traded funds) are very popular right now. They provide broad market exposure but are traded like stocks.

http://finance.yahoo.com/etf/browser/rk?k=6&c=etf_lb&f=0

Candlestick chart explanation:

http://www.fxwords.com/j/japanese-candlesticks.html

One technical I like, the stochastic oscillator:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stochastic_oscillator

Bollinger bands are another technical tool:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bollinger_bands

KDJ indicators are a type of stochastic:

http://www.sharechart.com.au/Education/TechnicalIndicators/KDJ.htm

Moving averages are one of the oldest and most useful forms of analysis:

http://stockcharts.com/school/doku.php?id=chart_school:technical_indicators:moving_averages

And a blog or two:

I like bill cara, personally. Some of his posters are odd, but he talks sense and is very straightforward

http://caracommunity.com/

He leads off the list for investing blogs on Forbes’ best of web:

http://www.forbes.com/bow/b2c/category.jhtml?id=297