LINQ to SQL and a running total on ordered results

Using closures and anonymous method:

List<Item> myList = FetchDataFromDatabase();

decimal currentTotal = 0;
var query = myList
               .OrderBy(i => i.Date)
               .Select(i => 
                           {
                             currentTotal += i.Amount;
                             return new { 
                                            Date = i.Date, 
                                            Amount = i.Amount, 
                                            RunningTotal = currentTotal 
                                        };
                           }
                      );
foreach (var item in query)
{
    //do with item
}

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