Rebalance 401k Investments?

The administrators of my 401k plan recommend frequent rebalancing
(equalizing all balances) of my chosen investments.

This seems counter intuitive to me. Isn't it just throwing good money
after bad, to transfer money from successful stock to a losing one?

-- 
Tony Sivori

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