Lawrence Meyers

InvestorPlace Contributor

Lawrence Meyers is the founder and editor of The Liberty Portfolio.

Lawrence is also CEO of PDL Broker, which brokers financing, strategic investments, and distressed asset purchases between private equity firms and businesses of all stripes.

He was the first U.S. journalist to cover the payday loan sector for The Motley Fool. He has been a frequent contributor to Seeking Alpha, LearnBonds.com, WyattResearch.com, and American Banker. Lawrence has more than 20 years of practical investing experience, and has covered stocks across virtually every sector of the market. He is one of the nation’s experts on consumer credit, and frequently consults for hedge funds and private equity via his Council Member status at Gerson Lehman Group, and as a member of Coleman Research Group’s Executive Forum. His op-eds and letters to the editor have appeared in more than two dozen major newspapers.

Recent Articles

Create Your Own Dividend Using These 3 Covered Calls

By Lawrence Meyers, InvestorPlace Contributor

Fixed-income or retired investors may dismiss using options because they seem exotic. Yet they don’t have to be, and covered calls can provide you additional income without terribly much additional risk than holding a stock.

Newmont Mining Corp Is Only for Traders — Even With an Earnings Beat

By Lawrence Meyers, InvestorPlace Contributor

Gold mining stocks have significantly underperformed against the S&P 500 for a long time, so I'm not looking for any big surprises when NEM reports earnings Thursday.

GoPro Inc Stock Is a Bad Buy Even as Acquisition Rumors Continue

By Lawrence Meyers, InvestorPlace Contributor

GRPO might fetch $7.50 per share in an acquisition.

My 7 Must-Own Stocks to Build Up Your Retirement

By Lawrence Meyers, InvestorPlace Contributor

There's no wrong way and right way to invest for your retirement, but I have a completely different philosophy for retirement stocks than virtually anybody else in the financial markets. Here's how I save for my retirement:

Enough of the Elon Musk and Tesla Inc Snake Oil

By Lawrence Meyers, InvestorPlace Contributor

Tesla Inc has gobbled up $5.3 billion in taxpayer money, yet CEO Elon Musk continues to overpromise and underdeliver, which will eventually catch up to TSLA stock.

The Key to Amazon.com, Inc. Stock is Company Culture

By Lawrence Meyers, InvestorPlace Contributor

AMZN stock investors are in good hands with a visionary like CEO Jeff Bezos at the helm of Amazon.com, Inc.

Should You Send In Class Action Security Claims Forms?

By Lawrence Meyers, InvestorPlace Contributor

Consider it an investor right of passage: Taking an hour or two fill out a securities class action lawsuit form may be worth your time.

3 Blue-Chip Trades That You Win No Matter What

By Lawrence Meyers, InvestorPlace Contributor

Use The Liberty Portfolio strategy of selling covered calls to make additional monthly income.

United Rentals, Inc. Blows Out Earnings, But It’s Still Pricey

By Lawrence Meyers, InvestorPlace Contributor

United Rentals is in the catbird seat, although I'm not entirely comfortable with the valuation of URI stock.

Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. Is in Big Big Big Trouble

By Lawrence Meyers, InvestorPlace Contributor

With no growth catalysts and increased competition from online retailers like Amazon.com, Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. and BBBY stock is dead money and will be for a long time.

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