Beyond simply restoring the original level of risk exposure, the underlying objective of portfolio rebalancing is to:
Drawing on the relationship between opportunity cost and risk diversification, rebalancing moves units from a fund to other funds with the objective of achieving the best portfolio returns within its risk profile.
Rebalancing manages returns within a risk profile; it neither locks in permanent equal weights nor removes opportunity cost altogether.
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