If you are new to the stock or bond market, you may find these sites useful. It will help you apply the tools in the research tool page.

Investor's primer This is written by CBS marketWatch. It has stock market investing, mutual fund, morgage and technical investing explained. A very good place to start
Bond primer This primer covers everything from risk free return to the definition of yield curve.
CANSLIM This stock selection method is developed by O'Neil. You can register for free and learn this stock selection method. First register then go to the free IBD investment course
Find a Broker 
This page  ranks all the discount and full service broker
American Association of Individual Investors
If you need more handholding, this is a non-profit organization you can join. Their site has some good information too.
Bond Investing BasicsThis site tells you how to read bond prices in the news paper and how to file your taxes. Muni and Corporate bonds are covered here.
Technical Analysis Explained This site gives some descriptions and examples of technical charts and patterns.

You may not be as wired as a wall street exotic options trader, but if you read the important magazines, you can  retire early too.

EuroMoney This is a more advanced magazine for professional traders and bankers. It does give you a good understanding of what is going on in the derivative world
Business Week Heavily focused on the US economy and corporations. You are access a lot of articles for free
Economist More internationally focused. If you have a foreign exposure in your portfoio, this is a must read.
Futures Magazine There are some very interesting technical analysis articles in this magazine. Online access is limited. You may want to get a paper copy to see the full story.