.One financial firm is actually making an effort to capitalize on participating preferred stocks u00e2 $" which lug more threats than connections, but may not be as unsafe as popular stocks.Infrastructure Resources Advisors Creator and also chief executive officer Jay Hatfield manages the Virtus InfraCap United State Participating Preferred Stock ETF (PFFA). He leads the firm's committing and also company progression." Higher yield connections and chosen stocksu00e2 $ u00a6 tend to do far better than various other fixed earnings groups when the stock exchange is sturdy, and also when our experts're visiting of a firming up cycle like our team are actually right now," he said to CNBC's "ETF Upper hand" this week.Hatfield's ETF is up 10% in 2024 and almost 23% over the past year.His ETF's three best holdings are Regions Financial, SLM Corporation, as well as Energy Transmission LP as of Sept. 30, depending on to FactSet. All 3 stocks are actually up approximately 18% or even more this year.Hatfield's crew selects labels that it regards as are mispriced about their risk and also yield, he stated. "Most of the leading holdings remain in what our company call property intense services," Hatfield said.Since its Might 2018 inception, the Virtus InfraCap U.S. Preferred Stock ETF is actually down just about 9%.