Review & Monitoring
Rebalancing
Definition
The process of returning the portfolio to its target allocation after market movements have caused drift.
Rebalancing is the deliberate realignment of portfolio weights after markets, flows, or drift have moved them away from target exposure.
Why it matters
It enforces discipline. Without rebalancing the portfolio drifts toward whatever performed best which typically increases risk.
What most investors miss
The gap between what the term means and how it is usually applied.
They rebalance one account in isolation. Rebalancing should happen at the portfolio level using the full consolidated picture.
How to read it
Check the consolidated allocation before deciding what to buy or sell. Rebalancing one account without seeing the full portfolio can worsen concentration elsewhere.
Multi-account lens
How this term reads differently across brokers and accounts.
Rebalancing across multiple accounts requires seeing the consolidated allocation first. Buying more equity in one account may be wrong if another account is already overweight equity.
Related terms
Terms that connect to rebalancing.
Portfolio Drift
The gradual shift in a portfolio's allocation away from its target as different assets grow at different rates.
Allocation
How the portfolio's capital is distributed across asset classes geographies sectors or individual positions.
Alert Threshold
A predefined level of change in value allocation or a single position that triggers a portfolio review or action.
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