Topic: Market Flows

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The Socrates computer system, designed in the 1970s, is described as a tool for tracking international capital flows to predict geopolitical shifts. Armstrong recounts how the CIA and SEC sought his data to investigate insider trading patterns before 9/11 and the 1998 Russian debt collapse. He asserts that "somebody always knows" before a conflict starts, which is reflected in market movements and defense stock fluctuations.