The Vickers Top Buyers & Sellers is a daily report that identifies the five companies the largest insider purchase transactions based on the dollar value of the transactions as well as the five companies the largest insider sales transactions based on the dollar value of the transactions.

Based in Scottsdale, Arizona, Axon Enterprise Inc. develops, manufactures, and markets electrical weapons for personal defense. It operates through its Connected Devices segment and Software & Sensors segment. The Connected Devices segment sells electrical weapons, accessories, and other related products and services. The Software & Sensors segment consists of devices, wearables, applications, cloud, and mobile products. The company was founded by Rick Smith.

Wednesday was another good day for the major indices, but the action was not as broad as was the case on Tuesday. Wednesday's gains primarily came from Information Technology (XLK +2%) and Financial (XLF +1.8%), while weakness was seen in one of the hottest (and maybe most surprising) sectors this year. Consumer Staples (XLP) fell 0.8% but has popped over 14% in 2026. Other sector weakness was seen in the strongest 2026 performers, including Real Estate (XLRE), Industrials (XLI), Energy (XLE), and Materials (XLB). Software stocks rose 3% after Tuesday's 2% gain. More importantly, Tuesday's volume on the iShares Tech-Software ETF (IGV) was a record at over 50 million shares -- yet Wednesday's preliminary volume was also heavy at over 36 million. That certainly helped the XLK, as $2.9 trillion market cap MSFT rose 3%, with smaller software names ORCL, PLTR, CRM, SHOP, and APP seeing gains of 1.2% to 7%. These stocks had fallen off a cliff, and an upside reversal could be dramatic as there is virtually no overhead supply (at least for quite a while). Just an oversold or countertrend rally back to the respective 50- or 200-day averages would provide very nice returns for the beaten-up names in the sector. Computer services also aided IT, as recently weak IBM bounced 3.6%. For Financials, it was the same story. Some of the industries that have been smacked recently saw another day of recovery. Consumer finance (V, MA, AXP, and COF), investment services, banks, asset managers, and financial administration all rose at least 2%, with insurance brokers tacking on 1.3%.

The Portfolio Selector features the Argus Focus List, a group of 30 "best idea" stocks generated and regularly updated by Argus' analysts and investment policy committee. It also includes the director of research’s monthly investment strategy column, stock recommendations and sector picks, economic forecasts, and an asset allocation model. This month, the Focus List additions are Rockwell Automation Inc (ROK); TJX Companies, Inc. (TJX); International Business Machine (IBM); Marvell Technology Inc (MRVL) and the Focus List deletions are Axon Enterprise Inc (AXON); Duolingo Inc (DUOL); MongoDB Inc (MDB); Tractor Supply Co. (TSCO).