Ticker tape is the name of a thin ribbon of paper was once used in stock ticker machines. This was able to provided a running print-out of stock market fluctuations. Nowadays, stock ticker machines have largely been replaced with digital “tickers” on websites, television news, or LED displays. The ticker tape machine that was invented in 1867 first allowed people to have a look at the stock quotes in something close to real time.
Stock ticker made it possible to be aware of stock prices in real time
Before that the stock ticker was invented , stock prices were delivered by hand, usually just in a daily digest. Due to the reason that stock prices fluctuate constantly, so it offers a significant benefit to investors and traders being aware of stock prices in real time.
Textual information was transported by wires to the stock ticker machine
In a way the stock ticker was the precursor to the modern computer printer.
