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Baron Funds, an investment management company, released its “Baron Real Estate Fund” first quarter 2025 investor letter. A copy of the letter can be downloaded here. In Q1 2025, stocks were sold due to economic growth slowdown, inflation, and policymaking issues, including Baron Real Estate Fund®, without considering value. The fund declined 6.69% (Institutional Shares) in the quarter compared to a 3.11% decline for the MSCI USA IMI Extended Real Estate Index (the MSCI Real Estate Index) and a 0.76% gain for the MSCI US REIT Index (the REIT Index). In addition, please check the fund’s top five holdings to know its best picks in 2025.
In its first-quarter 2025 investor letter, Baron Real Estate Fund highlighted stocks such as Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated (NYSE:JLL). Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated (NYSE:JLL) is a commercial real estate and investment management company. The one-month return of Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated (NYSE:JLL) was 11.80%, and its shares gained 13.73% of their value over the last 52 weeks. On May 14 2025, Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated (NYSE:JLL) stock closed at $236.04 per share with a market capitalization of $11.206 billion.
Baron Real Estate Fund stated the following regarding Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated (NYSE:JLL) in its Q1 2025 investor letter:
"Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated (NYSE:JLL) is one of the leading commercial real estate services firms in the world with scale, product breadth, and leadership positions across its diversified real estate business segments.
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Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated (NYSE:JLL) is not on our list of 30 Most Popular Stocks Among Hedge Funds. As per our database, 48 hedge fund portfolios held Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated (NYSE:JLL) at the end of the fourth quarter compared to 31 in the third quarter. While we acknowledge the potential of Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated (NYSE:JLL) as an investment, our conviction lies in the belief that AI stocks hold greater promise for delivering higher returns, and doing so within a shorter timeframe. If you are looking for an AI stock that is as promising as NVIDIA but that trades at less than 5 times its earnings, check out our report about the undervalued AI stock set for massive gains.