.One financial firm is trying to maximize preferred stocks u00e2 $" which carry more risks than bonds, but may not be as unsafe as usual stocks.Infrastructure Capital Advisors Founder and CEO Jay Hatfield deals with the Virtus InfraCap USA Preferred Stock ETF (PFFA). He leads the business's trading and company growth." Higher turnout bonds and preferred stocksu00e2 $ u00a6 have a tendency to do much better than other predetermined profit classifications when the securities market is actually powerful, and also when our experts are actually showing up of a securing pattern like our company are right now," he informed CNBC's "ETF Advantage" this week.Hatfield's ETF is up 10% in 2024 and also practically 23% over the past year.His ETF's three best holdings are actually Regions Financial, SLM Corporation, and Energy Move LP since Sept. 30, depending on to FactSet. All three stocks are actually up approximately 18% or even more this year.Hatfield's staff chooses titles that it views as are actually mispriced relative to their danger and yield, he pointed out. "Many of the leading holdings are in what we contact resource intense organizations," Hatfield said.Since its own May 2018 beginning, the Virtus InfraCap U.S. Participating Preferred Stock ETF is down almost 9%.