The Vanguard Small Cap ETF (VB) is an option that focuses on small cap stocks for slightly more aggressive investors. Stocks, index ETFs, and commodities have been relatively muted in light of the shocking scenes out of Afghanistan after Taliban fighters took over Kabul, the Afghan capital on Sunday. However, investors remain leery of the explosion in coronavirus cases and the more transmissible delta variant, as well as geopolitical uncertainty, heightened inflation, and a possible termination of the Federal Reserve’s asset-purchase program by mid-2022.