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

Understanding QE and What It Means for Your Portfolio

By Lawrence Meyers, InvestorPlace Contributor

The Fed's easy money policy is about the biggest thing around these days for influencing investments. But politics isn't too far behind.

Should You Own Gun Stocks?

By Lawrence Meyers, InvestorPlace Contributor

Let’s look at the short-, medium- and long-term strategies for the stocks in play -- Sturm Ruger and Smith & Wesson in firearms.

General Electric Does It Again — and Again

By Lawrence Meyers, InvestorPlace Contributor

Its breadth and depth and its piles of cash and crazy flow, plus a rock-solid management team, make it a core long-term holding.

Options for 3 Overvalued Fad Stocks

By Lawrence Meyers, InvestorPlace Contributor

These three stocks are destined to crater some day -- but since we don't know when, long-term puts provide a way to play these possible apocalyptic scenarios.

IGT Could Hit the Jackpot — Online

By Lawrence Meyers, InvestorPlace Contributor

Its DoubleDown Casino on Facebook has huge upside potential. It’s only a matter of time before the social games start taking real-money wagers.

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