Retail investors are buying U.S. stocks at a faster pace than usual, according to data. Bank of America retail customers have invested more money in U.S. stocks as a percentage of market capitalization than the January average. Quantitative strategists such as Jill Carey Hall wrote in a research note on Tuesday that Bank of America retail customers bought U.S. stocks for the fifth week in a row as of January 10. Retail customers snapped up individual stocks, but money from exchange-traded funds ...