This is an easy way to rebalance funds in a 401 (k), by directing new contributions into the investment that's declined from
its original allocation percentage.
Not exact matches
Doing this will help to rebalance your portfolio to the
original percentage split of your asset
allocation, and maintain the level of your risk profile.
In other words, you would buy $ 354.42 more of the International stock index fund and sell $ 107.58 worth of shares of the U.S. stock fund and $ 246.84 of the bonds, so that the
percentages return to the
original proportions, as shown in the value of the target asset
allocation row.
You set initial targets and intermittently rebalance your portfolio as returns alter
original asset
allocation percentages or your targets change.
Re-balancing options — Many 401 (k) plans offer re-balancing options where the fund company will automatically re-balance your investments based on your instructions or alert you to re-balance once the investments grow a specified
percentage from their
original allocation.
Subsequently, pension fund
allocations to real estate have artificially increased, often to a point beyond their
original target
percentage, says Dennis Yeskey, national director of real estate capital markets for Deloitte & Touche.