.One financial company is actually trying to maximize participating preferred stocks u00e2 $" which hold additional risks than connections, yet may not be as dangerous as common stocks.Infrastructure Resources Advisors Founder as well as chief executive officer Jay Hatfield handles the Virtus InfraCap U.S. Preferred Stock ETF (PFFA). He leads the provider's trading and business growth." High return connections and also preferred stocksu00e2 $ u00a6 often tend to accomplish much better than various other fixed revenue categories when the stock market is actually strong, and also when we are actually showing up of a securing cycle like we are actually currently," he informed CNBC's "ETF Advantage" this week.Hatfield's ETF is actually up 10% in 2024 as well as virtually 23% over recent year.His ETF's 3 top holdings are actually Regions Financial, SLM Corporation, as well as Energy Transfer LP since Sept. 30, according to FactSet. All 3 sells are actually up about 18% or much more this year.Hatfield's crew picks names that it views as are mispriced relative to their threat and also turnout, he pointed out. "A lot of the top holdings reside in what we contact property intense companies," Hatfield said.Since its own May 2018 inception, the Virtus InfraCap U.S. Participating Preferred Stock ETF is down nearly 9%.