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Greenwood Gearhart LLC increased its holdings in iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF (NYSEARCA:IJH) by 5.4% in the first quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 612,862 shares of the company's stock after purchasing an additional 31,619 shares during the period. iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap

Markets may have ended the first quarter with a thud, but stocks put another record run in the books to close out the first half of 2026. The U.S. ETF market had already shattered records, crossing the $15 trillion threshold and cruising past $1 trillion in net inflows right before summer officially began.

I initiate a buy rating on iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF, highlighting its superior 15% YTD return versus the S&P 500's 8.5%. Mid-cap fundamentals remain favorable, with cheap valuations, robust growth, and investor rotation from mega-cap tech driving continued upside potential for IJH. IJH offers diversified sector exposure, low concentration risk, a 1.17% yield, and a low 0.05% expense ratio, supporting its quant…

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Designed to provide broad exposure to the Mid Cap Blend segment of the US equity market, the iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF (IJH) is a passively managed exchange traded fund launched on May 22, 2000.