Lawrence Meyers

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

The Student Loan Bubble: How We Got Here and How to Profit

There may be stock opportunities for student loan debt, but they'll be limited. The better play is to simply avoid the companies at risk.

AMC Stock: You Won’t Find a Safer Dividend

Exhibition houses like AMC reap cash flow, so they can offer it back to shareholders. That makes for for a steady dividend from AMC stock.

3 Short Sells with Huge Profit Potential

These stocks to short have one thing in common: rotten business models. Here's how low you should expect them to go.

3 Options to Hedge a Market Crash

The S&P 500 is seemingly unstoppable, but we all know markets don't rise in straight, perpetual lines. Use these three ETF options to hedge a market crash.

4 Battered Stocks That Won’t Stay Down

LNKD stock and a few others have been beaten down hard, this year. However, that might mean they're worth looking into.