.One economic agency is actually trying to capitalize on participating preferred stocks u00e2 $" which hold additional dangers than connections, but aren't as high-risk as popular stocks.Infrastructure Financing Advisors Creator and also CEO Jay Hatfield handles the Virtus InfraCap U.S. Preferred Stock ETF (PFFA). He leads the firm's investing and business progression." Higher yield connects as well as favored stocksu00e2 $ u00a6 tend to perform better than other set income categories when the stock exchange is tough, as well as when our company are actually coming out of a firming up pattern like our company are currently," he informed CNBC's "ETF Edge" this week.Hatfield's ETF is actually up 10% in 2024 and virtually 23% over recent year.His ETF's 3 top holdings are actually Regions Financial, SLM Organization, and also Power Move LP since Sept. 30, according to FactSet. All 3 supplies are up about 18% or much more this year.Hatfield's group picks names that it regards as are actually mispriced relative to their risk and also yield, he said. "A lot of the best holdings reside in what our experts contact asset intensive companies," Hatfield said.Since its May 2018 creation, the Virtus InfraCap U.S. Preferred Stock ETF is actually down just about 9%.