its not investing that is viewed skeptically its the system more than half 56 of people who have money in stocks think the market is rigged against individual investors according to a survey from bankrate thats compared to 41 of noninvestors who say the same thing part of it may have to do with expectations said greg mcbride chief financial analyst at bankrate newer investors may be trying to score big gains or time the market and the odds are not for longterm success with those endeavors more from personal finance buying a tesla with bitcoin could mean a tax bill how social security benefits are handled at death irs has issued more than 425 million refunds at the same time he said retail investors have seen hedge funds and other sophisticated or wealthy investors treated differently such as getting early access to initial public offerings and better trade execution newer investors are seeing those things and that can sow the seeds of doubt about the integrity or fairness of the markets mcbride said the poll of 2525 us adults was taken in late february about a month after a runup in socalled meme stocks including gamestop whose share price peaked at 347 on jan 27 after trading at about 31 two weeks earlier the surge was attributed to an army of reddit investors forcing hedge funds that were banking on the stock dropping known as shortselling to instead buy shares at a higher price