It was a blurb about some high-powered trader who had a setup that was basically as close as you can get now to the whole-wall displays apparently shown in Minority Report (Cruise is a wackjob, etc. etc.). Between the monitors, the system(s) driving them, and the software it was probably tens of thousands of dollars of equipment and setup.

And by this guy's standards based on his income compared to the average person, it had probably cost him about as much as a cup of coffee costs most of us.

If that whole setup lets you get one or two better trades in a volatile market, it may have paid for itself in a single day or less.