Buy a book written By Peter Lynch of the Majellon fund
Your request is not real, no one can give you a solid response based on the amount of space that is available.
There are many books available to those that really want to learn about investing, but it appears you want to take the lzay man's approach and have it all laid out for you - it aint going to happen
Start with Google and and then try Investopedia - http://www.investopedia.com/, the try reading - Investing for Dummies by Eric Tyson.
And if you haven't lost interest after reading the above try How to Make Money in Stocks” by William O’Neil
One Up on Wall Street by Peter Lynch
Nothing comes easy
That would be impossible actually as even seasoned traders don't know everything. The best thing to do is to open a practice account at some site like Etrade and practice trading for yourself.
There are entire courses on this, you aren't going to learn anything in these little boxes.
Jesus, you gotta be kidding. There are literally encyclopedia sized books about investing. Christ almighty.
Tell me everything I need to know from the basics
