Re: Rebalance 401k Investments?

On Sun, 9 Mar 2008 13:26:46 -0500, Tony Sivori <TonySivori@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
wrote:

>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?

By "counter intuitive" do you mean that long-term, one ends up selling
things that do well and buying things that perform less so?  


-HW "Skip" Weldon
 Columbia, SC

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