.One economic firm is making an effort to take advantage of preferred stocks u00e2 $" which lug more threats than connects, yet may not be as risky as typical stocks.Infrastructure Funding Advisors Creator and also chief executive officer Jay Hatfield takes care of the Virtus InfraCap USA Participating Preferred Stock ETF (PFFA). He leads the firm's investing and business growth." High return connections and also preferred stocksu00e2 $ u00a6 have a tendency to accomplish better than various other preset revenue groups when the stock exchange is sturdy, and when our team're coming out of a firming up cycle like our company are currently," he informed CNBC's "ETF Edge" this week.Hatfield's ETF is up 10% in 2024 and nearly 23% over recent year.His ETF's 3 best holdings are Regions Financial, SLM Firm, and also Electricity Transmission LP since Sept. 30, according to FactSet. All three sells are actually up about 18% or a lot more this year.Hatfield's crew selects names that it regards as are mispriced about their danger and also yield, he pointed out. "Many of the best holdings reside in what our company get in touch with resource extensive companies," Hatfield said.Since its own Might 2018 creation, the Virtus InfraCap U.S. Participating Preferred Stock ETF is actually down nearly 9%.