Welcome to StockLab.com, the financial news site where YOU, the Beginner, can come to learn everything you need to know to begin following and investing in the stock market.

First, we at StockLab offer a crash course on the stock market. You will learn the definition of stock, and how analysts and investors arrive at a value for stocks. You'll learn about earnings and interest rates, price/earnings ratios and the Federal Reserve. In all, in about 10 minutes of reading, you can get a solid foundation on which to begin building some stock market experience.

At StockLab,com, you can also learn all the basics of mutual funds--what they are and how they work, why to invest in them, and how you can begin.