Work Station

How would you like to have to deal with this much information at once?

I'd be willing to bet this is partly for show. Most of the screens probably only track a single stock, so this is more a "time saving device" so you don't need to flip between windows on a single screen. I'm willing to bet that there are studies out there that show how much information you can handle under stress...too many active windows would probably mean indecision rather than decisive action.

(And yes, this came out of some work-related research. So I can post while I'm at work!)