human digestive system: Gross anatomy: …centrally placed groove called the porta hepatis, which anatomically separates the quadrate and caudate lobes. The liver has two sources of blood supply: fully oxygenated blood from the hepatic artery, which is a major branch of the celiac axis (the main artery that crosses the abdomen) after its emergence from…

Pforzheim, city, Baden-Württemberg Land (state), southwestern Germany. It lies on the northern edge of the Black Forest (Schwarzwald), where the Nagold and Würm rivers join the Enz, northwest of Stuttgart. Originally the site of a Roman settlement (Porta Hercyniae), it was chartered about 1195. The

Italian literature: Experimentalism and the new avant-garde: …“We Want It All”); and Antonio Porta (pseudonym of Leo Paolazzi), whose untimely death at age 54 cut short the career of one of the less abstractly theoretical of these poets. At a subsequent meeting held near Palermo in 1963 this group was joined by, among others, aesthetic philosopher Luciano…

Italian literature: Opposing movements: …to the great Romantic poet Carlo Porta, who lampooned the aristocracy and clergy and expressed sympathy with the humble and wretched in narrative poems composed not in Italian but in a lively Milanese dialect. All Italy took part in the disputes about language, literature, and politics.

Giacomo della Porta was an Italian architect whose work represents the development in style from late Mannerism to early Baroque. He was the chief Roman architect during the latter third of the 16th century and contributed to most of the major architectural projects undertaken in Rome during that

Giambattista della Porta was an Italian natural philosopher whose experimental research in optics and other fields was undermined by his credulous preoccupation with magic and the miraculous. Della Porta founded the Accademia dei Segreti, which was later suppressed by the Inquisition, and in 1610

Giambattista della Porta was an Italian natural philosopher whose experimental research in optics and other fields was undermined by his credulous preoccupation with magic and the miraculous. Della Porta founded the Accademia dei Segreti, which was later suppressed by the Inquisition, and in 1610

Hugo Porta is an Argentine rugby union football player who was the sport’s top fly half during the 1970s and early ’80s and arguably the best ever. He was indisputably Argentina’s most celebrated player, lifting the standard of rugby there in dozens of Test (international) matches (he also played

Herman Wildenvey was a Norwegian poet whose sunny songs of simple sensual pleasure are unusual in the sombre history of Norwegian verse. When in 1904 the steamer Norge wrecked on a trip to the United States, with 600 or more passengers aboard, Wildenvey was among the few who survived. After

portobello mushroom, (Agaricus bisporus), widely cultivated edible mushroom. One of the most commonly consumed mushrooms in the world, the fungus is sold under a variety of names and at various stages of maturity in brown, white, and off-white forms. It is found naturally in grasslands around the

portobello mushroom, (Agaricus bisporus), widely cultivated edible mushroom. One of the most commonly consumed mushrooms in the world, the fungus is sold under a variety of names and at various stages of maturity in brown, white, and off-white forms. It is found naturally in grasslands around the

coin collecting: Modern collecting: The British Treasure Act and Portable Antiquities Scheme (both enacted in the mid-1990s) are widely advocated by collector groups as a viable system for the preservation of cultural property and the protection of individual freedoms.

PDF, universally readable format for electronic documents. PDF files (generally called PDFs) are widely used because documents converted into PDFs retain all their features, regardless of the application originally used to create them. PDFs can be viewed on any operating system with a PDF-viewer

William Faulkner: Later life and works of William Faulkner: …reputation in Europe—was boosted by The Portable Faulkner (1946), an anthology skillfully edited by Malcolm Cowley in accordance with the arresting if questionable thesis that Faulkner was deliberately constructing a historically based “legend” of the South. Faulkner’s Collected Stories (1950), impressive in both quantity and quality, was also well received,…

Tess Gallagher: In 1978 Gallagher published Portable Kisses, On Your Own, and Under Stars; the last volume contains a section based on her 1976 trip to Ireland. Several poems in Willingly (1984) eulogize her late father, and the collections Amplitude (1987) and Moon Crossing Bridge (1992) examine her relationship

Jinny Beyer: Her best-known collection, the Portable Palette (1990), features a wide range of monoprints (monotone prints) in 150 colours spanning all shades of the rainbow.

Walter van Tilburg Clark: Clark’s “The Portable Phonograph,” which imagines the aftermath of a devastating war, was published in the short-story collection The Watchful Gods (1950) and was much anthologized in the following decades. From the 1960s, Clark was a teacher of writing at San Francisco State College (now San…

Northern Ireland: Settlement patterns: Lurgan, and Portadown, all in the Lagan valley, form an extension of the Belfast industrial complex, their size a product of the textile industry. Bangor is a resort and a residential outlier of Belfast. Londonderry, a centre for shirtmaking, was the heart of the Lough Foyle lowlands…

Portage, city, seat (1851) of Columbia county, south-central Wisconsin, U.S. It lies along the Fox and Wisconsin rivers, about 35 miles (55 km) north of Madison. The 1.5-mile (2.5-km) overland portage there between the Wisconsin and Fox rivers was first crossed by the French explorers Louis Jolliet

Portage: The Portage Canal was built between the Fox and Wisconsin rivers in the 1850s, but it faced competition from a railroad that came through the town in 1857; the canal fell into disuse and was closed to navigation in 1951. In 1792 a fur-trading post was…

Mackenzie River: History of Mackenzie River: …of them, Peter Pond, found Portage La Loche (Methy Portage) connecting the headwaters of Churchill River with the Clearwater River, itself one of the east-bank tributaries of the Athabasca River. In 1789 Alexander Mackenzie made his historic journey northward from the trading post of Fort Chipewyan on Lake Athabasca, exploring,…

Assiniboine River: Major riparian cities include Brandon, Portage la Prairie (La Vérendrye’s Fort La Reine was built there in 1738), and Winnipeg, which are in Manitoba.

ice hockey: Early organization: The team, the Portage Lakers, was owned by a dentist named J.L. Gibson, who imported Canadian players. In 1904 Gibson formed the first acknowledged professional league, the International Pro Hockey League. Canada accepted professional hockey in 1908 when the Ontario Professional Hockey League was formed. By that time…

sculpture: Principles of design: …of the figures on the Portail Royal (“Royal Portal”) of Chartres cathedral does both: it enhances their otherworldliness and also integrates them with the columnar architecture.

coal mining: Access: …to a coal seam, called portals, are the first to be completed and generally the last to be sealed. A large coal mine will have several portals. Their locations and the types of facilities installed in them depend on their principal use, whether for worker and material transport, ventilation, drainage…

architecture: Symbols of function: Portals, from the time of ancient Egyptian temple pylons and Babylonian city gates, became monuments in themselves, used to communicate a heightened significance to what lay behind them. In the Gothic cathedral they became the richest element of the facade—a translation of biblical doctrine into…

circulatory system: The blood vessels: Lower vertebrates have two so-called portal systems, areas of the venous system that begin in capillaries in tissues and join to form veins, which divide to produce another capillary network en route to the heart. They are called the hepatic (liver) and renal (kidneys) portal systems. The hepatic system is…

alcoholism: Chronic diseases: …cirrhosis of the liver (specifically, Laënnec cirrhosis), which is commonly preceded by a fatty enlargement of the organ. Genetic vulnerability, the strain of metabolizing excessive amounts of alcohol, and defective nutrition influence the development of alcohol-related cirrhosis. In its severest form, Laënnec cirrhosis can be fatal; the successful treatment of…

digestive system disease: Portal hypertension: Portal hypertension is the increased pressure in the portal vein and its tributaries. It is the result of impediments to venous flow into the liver, and is brought about by the scarring characteristic of the cirrhotic process. The increased pressure causes feeders of…

circulatory system: The blood vessels: Lower vertebrates have two so-called portal systems, areas of the venous system that begin in capillaries in tissues and join to form veins, which divide to produce another capillary network en route to the heart. They are called the hepatic (liver) and renal (kidneys) portal systems. The hepatic system is…

Ireland: Neolithic Period: …of megalithic long barrow—the so-called portal tomb, of which there are more than 150 examples—developed from the court tomb. They spread across the court tomb area in the northern half of Ireland and extend into Leinster and Waterford and also to western Wales and Cornwall.

portal vein, large vein through which oxygen-depleted blood from the stomach, the intestines, the spleen, the gallbladder, and the pancreas flows to the liver. The principal tributaries to the portal vein are the lienal vein, with blood from the stomach, the greater omentum (a curtain of membrane

Charles Frederick Algernon Portal was a British air marshal and chief of the British Air Staff during World War II. Portal was educated at Winchester and Christ Church College, Oxford, and joined the Royal Engineers as a dispatch rider during World War I; in 1915 he was commissioned in the Royal

Charles Frederick Algernon Portal was a British air marshal and chief of the British Air Staff during World War II. Portal was educated at Winchester and Christ Church College, Oxford, and joined the Royal Engineers as a dispatch rider during World War I; in 1915 he was commissioned in the Royal

Portales, city, seat (1903) of Roosevelt county, eastern New Mexico, U.S., near the Texas state line. It was founded by Josh Morrison in 1898 and named for nearby Portales Springs, a watering place on the Fort Sumner Trail and so called because the waters flow from a series of cave openings that

Diego Portales was a Chilean politician and for seven years virtual dictator who was instrumental in establishing political order and instituting economic progress in Chile. Disliked by some Chileans during his lifetime, he became a symbol of Chilean unity after his death. Born into a middle-class

Diego Portales was a Chilean politician and for seven years virtual dictator who was instrumental in establishing political order and instituting economic progress in Chile. Disliked by some Chileans during his lifetime, he became a symbol of Chilean unity after his death. Born into a middle-class

Jean-Étienne-Marie Portalis was a French lawyer and politician, one of the chief draftsmen of the Napoleonic Code, or Civil Code, which is the basis of the French legal system. A lawyer and provincial administrator at Aix-en-Provence, Portalis went to Paris in 1793, after the First Republic had

speech: Singing and speaking: …rules are found in the portamento, a gliding change between two pitch levels, of Western song, used sparingly as an embellishment. Parlando singing is a speaking type of song, used in the recitativo of Italian opera style. In these intentionally communicative preludes to formal arias—because they tell most of the…

Henri de Massue Galway, marquis de Ruvigny et Raineval was a French soldier who became a trusted servant of the British king William III. Massue began his career as aide-de-camp to Marshal Turenne (1672–75), then went on diplomatic mission to England (1678). After the revocation of the Edict of

telegraph: The first transmitters and receivers: …incorporated a device called a portarule, which employed molded type with built-in dots and dashes. The type could be moved through a mechanism in such a manner that the dots and dashes would make and break the contact between the battery and the wire to the receiver. The receiver, or…

portative organ, small musical instrument played from the 12th through the 16th century, popular for secular music. It had one rank of flue pipes (producing a flutelike sound), sometimes arranged in rows to save space, and was slung from the player’s neck by a strap. The keys and pipes lay at right

castle: …the gateway was defended by portcullises, doors, and machicolations. Portcullises were generally made of oak, were plated and shod with iron, and were moved up and down in stone grooves, clearing or blocking the passage. Machicolations were of two kinds: some were openings in the roof of the passage through…

coin: Gold coinage: Her “portcullis,” or trade coinage for use by the newly incorporated East India Company, appeared in 1600–01. She also experimented with machinery for coinage, although the insistence of the moneyers on their immemorial right to use manual methods delayed its establishment until after the Restoration. James…

Sublime Porte, the government of the Ottoman Empire. The name is a French translation of Turkish Bâbıâli (“High Gate,” or “Gate of the Eminent”). which was the official name of the gate giving access to the block of buildings in Constantinople, or Istanbul, that housed the principal state

porte cochere, in Western architecture, either of two elements found in large public and private buildings, popular in the Renaissance. A porte cochere, as the French name indicates, was originally an entrance or gateway to a building large enough to permit a coach to be driven through it into the

porte cochere, in Western architecture, either of two elements found in large public and private buildings, popular in the Renaissance. A porte cochere, as the French name indicates, was originally an entrance or gateway to a building large enough to permit a coach to be driven through it into the

Strait Is the Gate, tale by André Gide, published in 1909 as La Porte étroite. It is one of the first of his works to treat the problems of human relationships. The work contrasts the yearning toward asceticism and self-sacrifice with the need for sensual exploration as a young woman struggles with

Modest Mussorgsky: Life and career: …he composed his Podpraporshchik (Porte-Enseigne Polka), published at his father’s expense. Although not the most industrious of students, he gave proof of tremendous curiosity and wide-ranging intellectual interests.

Buenos Aires: People: Porteños, and Argentinians in general, tend to consider themselves European in character rather than Latin American. Moreover, porteños see themselves as having an identity that is quite distinct from those of other Argentinians and Latin Americans as a whole. Porteños are generally extroverted, sophisticated, animated,…

omen, observed phenomenon that is interpreted as signifying good or bad fortune. In ancient times omens were numerous and varied and included, for instance, lightning, cloud movements, the flight of birds, and the paths of certain sacred animals. Within each type of sign were minor subdivisions,

Porteous Riots, (1736), celebrated riots that erupted in Edinburgh over the execution of a smuggler. The incident had Jacobite overtones and was used by Sir Walter Scott in his novel The Heart of Midlothian. On April 14, 1736, a smuggler, Andrew Wilson, who had won popular sympathy in Edinburgh by

Porteous Riots: John Porteous, captain of the city guard, who was accused of both shooting and giving the order to fire, was brought to trial in July and sentenced to death. After he had sent a petition for pardon to Queen Caroline, then acting as regent in…

holy order: … and the minor orders of porter (doorkeeper), lector, exorcist, and acolyte.

porter, variety of dark beer, originally brewed in England in the 18th century, that evolved from the English brown ales of the time. Porter is characterized by its deep brown or black color. Most porters are brewed with top-fermenting ale yeast; one specific style (Baltic porter, which uses lager

Calvo Doctrine: …the form adopted as the Porter Convention on the Limitation of the Employment of Force for the Recovery of Contract Debts. Although the United States opposed European intervention in the Americas, it reserved for itself the right, frequently used, to intervene with armed force in any Latin-American state where conditions…

Sir George Porter, Baron Porter of Luddenham was an English chemist, corecipient with fellow Englishman Ronald George Wreyford Norrish and Manfred Eigen of West Germany of the 1967 Nobel Prize for Chemistry. All three were honoured for their studies in flash photolysis, a technique for observing

Met Gala: The red carpet: In 2019 actor Billy Porter, wearing a gold winged catsuit designed by the Blonds, arrived at the gala on a litter carried by six shirtless attendants, while singer and actress Lady Gaga made four outfit changes as she walked up the steps, stripping down from an oversized pink…

Helen Archibald Clarke and Charlotte Endymion Porter: Helen Charlotte Porter, who later dropped her first name and adopted the middle name Endymion, graduated from Wells College, Aurora, New York, in 1875, studied for a time at the Sorbonne in Paris, and in 1883 became editor of Shakespeariana, a journal published in Philadelphia…

Cole Porter was an American composer and lyricist who brought a worldly élan to the American musical and who embodied in his life the sophistication of his songs. Porter was the grandson of a millionaire speculator, and the moderately affluent circumstances of his life probably contributed to the

Cole Porter was an American composer and lyricist who brought a worldly élan to the American musical and who embodied in his life the sophistication of his songs. Porter was the grandson of a millionaire speculator, and the moderately affluent circumstances of his life probably contributed to the

Sam and Dave: duo of Isaac Hayes and David Porter. Among their hits were “You Don’t Know Like I Know” (1965), “Hold On! I’m a Comin’ ” (1966; also released as “Hold On I’m Coming”), and the ballad “When Something Is Wrong with My Baby” (1967). “Soul Man,” their biggest hit, reached number…

David Porter was a U.S. naval officer who commanded the frigate Essex on its two-year expedition against British shipping during the War of 1812. Young Porter early accompanied his father—who had been an American Revolutionary War naval commander—on sea voyages. He became a midshipman in 1798, was

David Dixon Porter was a U.S. naval officer who held important Union commands in the American Civil War (1861–65). The son of Commodore David Porter, David Dixon Porter served in the Mexican War (1846–48). Promoted to commander early in the American Civil War, he participated in Union expeditions

Edwin S. Porter was a pioneer American film director whose innovative use of dramatic editing (piecing together scenes shot at different times and places) in such films as The Life of An American Fireman (1903) and The Great Train Robbery (1903) revolutionized filmmaking. Porter coinvented a device

Edwin S. Porter was a pioneer American film director whose innovative use of dramatic editing (piecing together scenes shot at different times and places) in such films as The Life of An American Fireman (1903) and The Great Train Robbery (1903) revolutionized filmmaking. Porter coinvented a device

Edwin S. Porter was a pioneer American film director whose innovative use of dramatic editing (piecing together scenes shot at different times and places) in such films as The Life of An American Fireman (1903) and The Great Train Robbery (1903) revolutionized filmmaking. Porter coinvented a device

Eleanor Hodgman Porter was an American novelist, creator of the Pollyanna series of books that generated a popular phenomenon. Hodgman studied singing at the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston. She gained a local reputation as a singer in concerts and church choirs and continued her

Eliot Porter was an American photographer noted for his detailed and exquisite colour images of birds and landscapes. Porter, the brother of painter Fairfield Porter, trained as an engineer at Harvard College (B.S., 1924) and as a physician at Harvard Medical School (M.D., 1929). He taught

Eliot Porter was an American photographer noted for his detailed and exquisite colour images of birds and landscapes. Porter, the brother of painter Fairfield Porter, trained as an engineer at Harvard College (B.S., 1924) and as a physician at Harvard Medical School (M.D., 1929). He taught

Eliza Emily Chappell Porter was an American educator and welfare worker, remembered especially for the numerous schools she helped establish in almost every region of the United States. Eliza Chappell began teaching school at age 16, and after moving with her mother to Rochester, New York, in 1828

Fairfield Porter was an American painter, printmaker, and writer best known for his naturalistic painting as well as his sophisticated writing on a variety of subjects. As a figurative painter at the height of Abstract Expressionism in the 1950s, Porter painted representational subjects heavily

Fitz-John Porter was a Union general during the American Civil War who was court-martialed and cashiered—but later vindicated—for disobeying orders at the Second Battle of Bull Run. Porter was educated at Phillips Exeter Academy and at West Point, graduating from the latter in 1845. He fought in

Gene Stratton Porter was an American novelist, remembered for her fiction rooted in the belief that communion with nature holds the key to moral goodness. Stratton grew up in rural Indiana, where she developed a deep appreciation for nature that was to stay with her throughout her life. In 1886 she

Hal Porter was an Australian novelist, playwright, poet, and autobiographer noted for his style and sometimes disturbing honesty. After completing his education, Porter became a schoolmaster in 1927, teaching at various schools and, after World War II, with the Allied occupation forces in Japan. He

Hal Porter was an Australian novelist, playwright, poet, and autobiographer noted for his style and sometimes disturbing honesty. After completing his education, Porter became a schoolmaster in 1927, teaching at various schools and, after World War II, with the Allied occupation forces in Japan. He

Helen Archibald Clarke and Charlotte Endymion Porter: Helen Charlotte Porter, who later dropped her first name and adopted the middle name Endymion, graduated from Wells College, Aurora, New York, in 1875, studied for a time at the Sorbonne in Paris, and in 1883 became editor of Shakespeariana, a journal published in Philadelphia…

Janie Porter Barrett was an American welfare worker and educator who developed a school to rehabilitate previously incarcerated African-American girls by improving their self-reliance and discipline. The daughter of former slaves, Barrett grew up largely in the home of the cultured white family who

10 Angry Young Men: Jimmy Porter: …Liar, A Taste of Honey Charles Lumley, the protagonist of John Wain’s novel Hurry on Down (1953), a recent university graduate with contempt for the conformity of his privileged class, and Jim Dixon, the antihero of Kingsley Amis’s comic classic Lucky Jim (1954), who has risen from a…

Katherine Anne Porter was an American novelist and short-story writer, a master stylist whose long short stories have a richness of texture and complexity of character delineation usually achieved only in the novel. Porter was educated at private and convent schools in the South. She worked as a

Keith Roberts Porter was a Canadian-born American cell biologist who pioneered techniques for electron microscope studies of the internal structure and organization of cells and tissues. Porter studied biology at Acadia University (Wolfville, Nova Scotia) and Harvard University, from which he

Bob Mackie: Early life: He married singer and showgirl Lulu Porter in 1960; the couple divorced in 1963 but remain close. Their son, Robert (“Robin”) Mackie, Jr., died in 1993 of complications from AIDS. They have a granddaughter and two great-granddaughters.

Peter Porter was an Australian-born British poet whose works are characterized by a formal style and rueful, epigrammatic wit. Porter was educated in Australia and worked as a journalist before settling in 1951 in London, where he worked as a clerk, a bookshop assistant, an advertising copywriter,

Peter Porter was an Australian-born British poet whose works are characterized by a formal style and rueful, epigrammatic wit. Porter was educated in Australia and worked as a journalist before settling in 1951 in London, where he worked as a clerk, a bookshop assistant, an advertising copywriter,

chamber music: The 20th century: Quincy Porter composed 10 string quartets, several quintets for various combinations, and smaller works; they are characterized by warm expressiveness achieved in textures that employ considerable repetition of short motives. The works of Roy Harris are distinguished by forms that depart from 19th-century models; three…

Rodney Robert Porter was a British biochemist who, with Gerald M. Edelman, received the 1972 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for his contribution to the determination of the chemical structure of an antibody. Porter was educated at the University of Liverpool (B.S., 1939) and the University

Scientific American: …York City in 1845 by Rufus Porter, a New England inventor, as a weekly newspaper describing new inventions. He sold it in 1846 to another inventor, Alfred Ely Beach—who had worked on the New York Sun under his inventor-editor father, Moses Y. Beach—and to a friend, Orson Desaix Munn. The…

Sarah Porter was an American educator and founder of Miss Porter’s School, still one of the leading preparatory schools for girls in the United States. Porter was a younger sister of Noah Porter, later president of Yale College. She was educated at the Farmington Academy, where she was the only

Sir George Porter, Baron Porter of Luddenham was an English chemist, corecipient with fellow Englishman Ronald George Wreyford Norrish and Manfred Eigen of West Germany of the 1967 Nobel Prize for Chemistry. All three were honoured for their studies in flash photolysis, a technique for observing

Sylvia Field Porter was an American economist and journalist whose financial advice—in newspaper columns, books, and magazines—garnered a wide audience in a field dominated by men. Porter graduated from Hunter College in New York City in 1932. She worked as an assistant in a Wall Street investment

Portland Trail Blazers: …Blazers—led by Drexler, point guard Terry Porter, and forward Jerome Kersey—won their first three playoff series to capture the Western Conference title. In the NBA Finals the team was defeated by the Detroit Pistons in five games. The Blazers were eliminated by the Lakers in the conference finals the following…

Michael McDonald: Career: …Doobie Brothers (2022), bass guitarist Tiran Porter recalled, “The second I heard him open up his mouth…my mind was blown right there.” McDonald’s husky vocals and gospel-inflected keyboard style transformed the band’s feel-good rock and roll sound into a smooth, soulful R&B approach. As their lead vocalist, McDonald cowrote and…

O. Henry was an American short-story writer whose tales romanticized the commonplace—in particular the life of ordinary people in New York City. His stories expressed the effect of coincidence on character through humour, grim or ironic, and often had surprise endings, a device that became

phantom limb syndrome: Scottish physician William Porterfield wrote a firsthand account of phantom limb syndrome in the 18th century, following the amputation of one of his legs. He was the first person to consider sensory perception as the underlying phenomenon of the syndrome.

Valparaiso, city, seat of Porter county, northwestern Indiana, U.S. It lies just east-southeast of Gary. Laid out in 1836 as the county seat, it was first called Portersville but was renamed the following year for Valparaíso, Chile. It was originally a point on the old Sauk Trail, which was a

Emilio Portes Gil was a Mexican political leader and diplomat who served as the provisional president of Mexico from Dec. 1, 1928, after the assassination of President-elect Alvaro Obregón, to Feb. 5, 1930. From late 1914 Portes Gil worked for the revolutionary movement led by Venustiano Carranza,

Carrier, Athabaskan-speaking North American Indian tribe centred in the upper branches of the Fraser River between the Coast Mountains and the Rocky Mountains in what is now central British Columbia. The name by which they are most commonly known derives from the custom in which widows carried the

cabinet: The modern British cabinet: …15 to 25 members, or ministers, appointed by the prime minister, who in turn has been appointed by the monarch on the basis of ability to command a majority of votes in the Commons. Though formerly empowered to select the cabinet, the sovereign is now restricted to the mere formal…

Suppose you hold a basket of equity investments—stocks and exchange-traded funds (ETFs)—as part of a diversified portfolio. This basket of equities spans the 11 sectors of the market, with a mix of growth, value, cyclical, and defensive names. You may take great pride in your portfolio mix—and you

The old adage about not putting all your eggs in one basket is sage advice—especially when it comes to investing. It’s often used to explain diversification, the idea that your money should be allocated to different types of investments rather than concentrated in just one. Those investments might