.One financial organization is attempting to profit from participating preferred stocks u00e2 $" which hold additional risks than bonds, however may not be as risky as usual stocks.Infrastructure Funding Advisors Founder as well as chief executive officer Jay Hatfield manages the Virtus InfraCap United State Participating Preferred Stock ETF (PFFA). He leads the firm's trading and service advancement." High return connects and also chosen stocksu00e2 $ u00a6 often tend to do far better than other predetermined income classifications when the securities market is sturdy, as well as when we're showing up of a firming up cycle like we are actually right now," he told CNBC's "ETF Edge" this week.Hatfield's ETF is up 10% in 2024 and practically 23% over the past year.His ETF's 3 best holdings are Regions Financial, SLM Organization, and Energy Move LP since Sept. 30, according to FactSet. All 3 supplies are up about 18% or even a lot more this year.Hatfield's team decides on labels that it views as are actually mispriced relative to their threat and also turnout, he pointed out. "Most of the best holdings remain in what our team phone asset demanding businesses," Hatfield said.Since its May 2018 inception, the Virtus InfraCap United State Participating Preferred Stock ETF is actually down almost 9%.