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

4 Preferred Stocks With Eye-Popping Yields

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2 Reasons Why Walmart (WMT) Can’t Touch Whole Foods (WFM)

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3 Unexpected Stocks to Buy in a Market Crash

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PriceSmart (PSMT): Plenty of Growth … But at What Cost?

Latin American warehouse retailer PriceSmart has the right location and the right growth prospects ... but PSMT stock might not be right at this price.