If you type “laptops under $500” into any search bar, you’ll be faced with a flood of results. Although you’ll see a lot of options, most aren’t worth the price, no matter the discount.

Mortgage rates rose to the highest level since early August last week. The average rate on the standard 30-year fixed mortgage reached 6.54%, according to a survey of lenders by Freddie Mac.

A rare down week for the stock market got dimmer Wednesday, as an $11 billion hamburger selloff and big-ticket losses for big technology stocks pushed U.S. equity indexes to their worst day in six ...