NEW: One of the biggest takeaways of the GameStop market mayhem so far, according to new Morning Consult polling, is that Wall Street remains the public’s top villain. https://morningconsult.com/2021/02/03/amid-gamestop-frenzy-peoples-pitchforks-are-out-for-wall-street/

By a wide margin, people believe that the stock market is rigged against individual investors, according to the poll. Note the vote and party breakdowns: It's more Biden/Democrats than Trump voters (although they still largely believe it)

And people believe that hedge funds (over the more generic Wall Street and more so than large banks) aren't regulated enough. 50%! Interestingly, we asked a similar question about two years ago, and the share that said large banks aren't regulated enough has fallen 9 points

One of the most interesting questions in this whole saga, I think, is who benefits from all of this? Who does this really hurt? Among the public, at least, it's hedge funds and trading platforms like Robinhood that should be worried

We dug into Robinhood a little more: About a quarter of those who say they actively trade stocks say they'll use the app more. 14% say they'll use it less. Views on whether the trading pause on GameStop was "necessary" are largely split