I don't really know much about the financial market in the US and after all the stuff that has been going down, I am really enjoying the education I am getting

I don't really know much about the financial market in the US and after all the stuff that has been going down, I am really enjoying the education I am getting from so many sources on what exactly the market can do and how people are continuously trying to beat it (some winning) even as it heads to the ground. Having a 401k but not really knowing much about it, I really think I need to do some more research into all of this before I continue down that path.