Robinhood: Impact of increased access to trading platforms to the general public on trading

I'm surprised by the amount of students/general public "trading" (more like feeding money to vultures) in college, work, etc--especially with the advent of Robinhood (I'll admit I use it too on occasion)--wondering how this changes the landscape; more fools to chew on or less money for vultures to feed on with increased competition?

 

With 20 million Americans in poverty, and more than 50 percent without $400 saved for emergencies, the desperation expressed through unreasonably optimistic gambling of equities shouldn't surprise us.

 

I doubt this would radically change the landscape anytime soon, even though Robinhood has really exploded recently. A lot of users may be new to finance or may not be have a strong finance background so I doubt the majority of Robinhood users would wade far away from mainstream or popular stocks.

 

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