Ticker Tape

What Does Ticker Tape Mean?
A computerized device that relays financial information to investors around the world, including the stock symbol, the latest price and the volume on securities as they are traded.

Investopedia explains Ticker Tape
Before computers, the quotations on a ticker tape were stamped on a thin piece of paper.

Related Terms

Fighting the Tape
Painting The Tape
Print
Runoff
Stock Market Crash Of 1929
More Related Terms

Related Links

Understanding The Ticker Tape - We explain the meaning and use of that reel of symbols whizzing across your TV or computer screen.
Stock Basics: How To Read A Stock Table/Quote - Learn how to check your investment's performance.
Portfolios Rise From Oblivion To Omnipresence - Consider an investment's "risk"? In the 1930s that was crazy talk.
Translating Ticker Talk - Stock tickers can say a lot about a company in just a few letters. Find out how to read them.

Get a new investing term in your inbox each day!

- join our Term of the Day!