Insiders are generally long-term investors due to restriction in making short-term profits. In contrast, wealth management institutions always have short-term investment. Wall St. Watchdog reveals information regarding the insiders and institutions which recently decreased stock shares of Archer Daniels Midland Company (NYSE:ADM).

SEC data indicate these insiders have sold Archer Daniels Midland Company’s stock since 06/30/2011:

• Riddle Dennis C: act as Vice President. On 11/30/2011, sold 5,000 shares, worth $150,800.
• Riddle Dennis C: act as Vice President. On 11/29/2011, sold 5,000 shares, worth $145,100.
• Cheviron Mark J: act as Vice President. On 11/18/2011, sold 4,322 shares, worth $125,300.
• Roney Scott A: act as Vice President. On 11/11/2011, sold 2,378 shares, worth $70,600.
• Lastra Domingo A.: act as Vice President. On 09/15/2011, sold 2,111 shares, worth $58,200.

SEC data indicate that these institutions significantly reduced their stock shares of Archer Daniels Midland Company in Q3 2011:

• HUSSMAN ECONOMETRICS ADVISORS, INC.: On 06/30/2011, held 1,500,000 shares, worth $44,700,000. On 09/30/2011, held 0 shares.
• PGGM INVESTMENTS: On 06/30/2011, held 1,346,979 shares, worth $40,139,974. On 09/30/2011, held 0 shares.
• HGK ASSET MANAGEMENT INC: On 06/30/2011, held 799,954 shares, worth $23,838,629. On 09/30/2011, held 0 shares.
• TEMPUS QUO CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC: On 06/30/2011, held 541,256 shares, worth $16,129,429. On 09/30/2011, held 0 shares.
• FOX ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC: On 06/30/2011, held 293,682 shares, worth $8,751,724. On 09/30/2011, held 0 shares.

About the company: Archer-Daniels-Midland Company procures, transports, stores, processes, and merchandises agricultural commodities and products. The Company processes oilseeds, corn, milo, oats, barley, peanuts, and wheat. Archer-Daniels-Midland also processes produce products which have primarily two end uses including food or feed ingredients.

Competitors to Watch: Bunge Limited (NYSE:BG), MGP Ingredients, Inc. (NASDAQ:MGPI), Corn Products Intl., Inc. (NYSE:CPO), CHS Inc. (NASDAQ:CHSCP), General Mills, Inc. (NYSE:GIS), SunOpta, Inc. (NASDAQ:STKL), Gruma S.A.B. de C.V. (NYSE:GMK), TreeHouse Foods Inc. (NYSE:THS), Seaboard Corporation (AMEX:SEB), and Monsanto Company (NYSE:MON).

(Note: Data regarding Archer Daniels Midland Company’s stock holdings are sourced from whalewisdom.com. All data are assumed to be accurate.)

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