Well-chosen exchange-traded funds (ETFs) can help you earn sizable profits from the stock market. But these funds can be even more lucrative if you can buy them before a powerful catalyst sends their shares sharply higher.

For example, real estate and small-cap companies have historically been superb long-term investments. That's likely to remain true for many years to come. And now could be a particularly good time to invest in these fortune-building asset classes. Here's why.

Stubbornly high inflation and the Federal Reserve's policies to tame it took a heavy toll on the residential and commercial real estate industries. Yet with price increases finally moderating, the Fed may soon be able to roll back its interest rate hikes. The $120 trillion U.S. real estate market could thus be on the verge of its long-awaited rebound.

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