TD Ameritrade, registered an average 370,000 trades per day in January, up from 30,000 trades a day in December. And, according to data from TrimTabs Investment Research, investors funneled $55 billion into U.S. equity funds in January, the most ever for any …

<p>Baltimore poised for economic catastrophe</p>

A report commissioned by the City Council of Baltimore, Maryland, produced some rather grim results: unless the current economic trajectory that the metro is on is reversed or altered, chronic budget deficits could force the local government to the brink of bankruptcy.