After being elected to Parliament in 1900, he demanded a rolling program of more conquests, based on his belief that "the Aryan stock is bound to triumph".
Although only an estimated 2% of books were sold online in Britain last year, the combination of convenience and vast stock seems bound to increase the market share of the Internet retailers.
Whether it looks quite so alluring after the gyrations in WorldCom's share price during the past week is another matter.Although WorldCom's price has partially recovered since October 27th, when it fell by over 15% to a low of $28.6, the sheer volatility of the stock is bound to count in valuing the WorldCom bid.
On average, 30% of the SOC stock is bound in the organic surface (O) layer, and 70% in the mineral soil.
"We believe that Dell has too many headwinds which will keep the stock range bound," wrote analyst Keith Bachman in a report Friday.
The fact that the majority of Amazon analysts consistently rate it a "strong buy" quarter after quarter is another sign that the motley fool momentum of its stock is bound to change.
Earlier this year, the business magazines were telling us to invest in Lehman Brothers and Merrill Lynch, because those stocks were bound to zoom.
This can be risky, of course, because the current worldwide boom in small stocks is bound to end.
Factor in Enron's fall, Global Crossing's and Kmart's bankruptcies, plus a besieged accounting industry–and stocks are bound to suffer.
The stock market is bound to fall when large numbers of workers retire, making equities unsuitable for retirement accounts.
That's the view of Jeremy Grantham, the chief investment strategist at GMO, the Boston investment firm, who believes that the stock market is bound to endure some very lean years.
