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What is an investor to do in the face of unpredictable events like coronavirus? Instead of trying to "beat" the market, the key is to only take the amount of risk you can afford to take financially and psychologically. There are four important principles to follow.

The jobless claims report showed that it took only four weeks for the U.S. economy to erase all the job gains in the last 11 years.

Billionaire Paul Singer's Elliott Management said global stocks could tumble more — ultimately losing half of their value from February's high — as the world braces for the deepest recession since the 1930s-era Great Depression, according to a letter sent to clients on Wednesday and reviewed by Reuters.

As the coronavirus has upended all of our lives and routines, we've become reliant upon delivery people, who make it possible for the rest of us to stay healthy by staying home. CNBC spoke to gig delivery people for Amazon Flex, Instacart, DoorDash, UberEats and others to find out what it was like to put their lives at risk delivering food and groceries during the coronavirus pandemic.

Across the country, parents are adjusting to a new normal in the pandemic. Here's how they cope when home is also a workplace, a school and a daycare center.

Cybersecurity expert Adam Levin says that scammers are using the new tax deadline extension as a way to target fresh victims. Here's how the scams work and what you can do to protect yourself.

Most of the companies trading well below their average analyst price targets "just flat-out stink," said Mark Tepper, president and CEO of Strategic Wealth Partners.

Starbucks is preparing to reopen cafes as some U.S. states report that the number of new coronavirus cases has plateaued.

Robinhood is in the process of raising more than $200 million of new capital at an $8 billion valuation, according to sources familiar with the deal.

An IT consulting company CEO explains how his autistic employees excel as remote workers during the coronavirus outbreak.

If the trend continues, it would mean sales of about 597,000 units for the full month.

Enterprise tools like Zoom, Slack and Microsoft Teams have seen an uptick in usage during the coronavirus pandemic.

Facebook, which has been criticized for its handling of health issues in the past, has made several coronavirus-related adjustments to its platform over the past few months.

"Let's be clear: Anxiety is still very high," BlackRock co-founder CEO Larry Fink said.

Expedia Group chairman Barry Diller said the company will slash ad spending this year, joining a chorus of advertisers that are putting campaigns on hold or cancelling spend altogether.

"We could have seen the bottom," BlackRock co-founder and chief Larry Fink told CNBC.

The most recent count represented a drop from the previous two weeks but still showed that the damage to the U.S. labor market remains profound.

U.S. banks have a huge opportunity to emerge from the coronavirus as "heroes" and "good guys," a fund manager told CNBC on Wednesday.

High schoolers must navigate online classes, build resumes without access to standardized testing or extracurriculars and must decide where they'd like to attend without visiting campuses. And many experts believe these seismic shifts will have long-lasting impacts.

"The damage that is being done every day is enormous," Expedia and IAC Chairman Barry Diller told CNBC on Thursday.