Before electronic banking, how did wealthy businessmen keep track of their earnings?

Question

Before electronic banking, how did wealthy businessmen keep track of their earnings?

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Answer 1

Wait till you learn about the ticker tape. You know that scrolling text on cnbc with all the tickers and prices – well those used to get printed out on a long tape of paper

Answer 2

Pages of each day’s newspaper had the stock prices for most large stocks. Open, high, low, close, change and volume.