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

2 REITs: One Safe, One Speculative

By Lawrence Meyers, InvestorPlace Contributor

REITs can offer terrific dividends and stability to your portfolio. Whatever your risk tolerance, one of these will work for you.

Make a Bid on Sotheby’s

By Lawrence Meyers, InvestorPlace Contributor

The venerable auction house survived its price-fixing scandal of many years ago and, along with the rich opening their wallets again, is seeing a sizable burst in business.

Four Entertainment Stocks Worth Watching

By Lawrence Meyers, InvestorPlace Contributor

Maybe your horse didn't come in on Kentucky Derby day, but you can still profit from the ponies -- or from wrestling, car racing and concert promoting.

HSN Is a Cash-Flow Machine

By Lawrence Meyers, InvestorPlace Contributor

Even during the worst years of the financial crisis, the TV shopping channel did shockingly well.

Who’s Up for Pizza? Investors!

By Lawrence Meyers, InvestorPlace Contributor

Pizza is like oil -- the world needs it, the world wants it, and it isn't going anywhere. And a few stocks dabbling in it are worth your money.

Team Up With the Vulture Mogul for Big Profits

By Lawrence Meyers, InvestorPlace Contributor

You, too, can invest with proven corporate raider Carl Icahn by buying shares of his mini-conglomerate, Icahn Enterprises.

A Big-Rig Energy Play Yielding 8.5%

By Lawrence Meyers, InvestorPlace Contributor

The only stocks almost as good as a direct oil play are oil service companies. And this Bermuda-based oil service company yields a whopping 8.5%.

Theme Park Stocks: Have Fun!

By Lawrence Meyers, InvestorPlace Contributor

Theme parks aren't a huge sector, but their few members are a diversified crew of good, middling and ugly. Let's sort out the mess.

How to Profit From the Student Loan Bubble

By Lawrence Meyers, InvestorPlace Contributor

Here are four stocks to short and two to buy to profit from the college tuition bubble and the student loan mess.

Rent-A-Center Owns Its Market

By Lawrence Meyers, InvestorPlace Contributor

For cash flow, you can't do better than Rent-A-Center. Here's what else makes it an attractive buy.

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