equity offerings

Here is a recap of the top news items from this week on Wall Street: 1. The market was awash in IPO's this week, the most since 2007:

• A123 Systems (Nasdaq: AONE) - priced at $13.50, above the expected range and finished this week at $19.81.
• Apollo Commercial (NYSE: ARI) - priced at $20 and finished this week at $18.70.
• Artio Global Investors Inc.

Here is a recap of the top news items from this week on Wall Street: 1. Equity offerings were all the rage this week as stocks (as measured by the S&P 500) have now rallied nearly 30% from the March lows, prompting companies to "sell high".

The offering hysteria began with financials following last week's TARP results, but soon expanded to other sectors of the market.