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

Coinstar Becomes a Monopoly

By Lawrence Meyers, InvestorPlace Contributor

A pair of news bites make kiosk giant Coinstar an even better long-term buy-and-hold value prospect.

Don’t Buy Lodging Stocks — Buy THESE Lodging Stocks

By Lawrence Meyers, InvestorPlace Contributor

A handful of U.S. lodging REITs are paying generous dividends. Here's a rundown of which ones to avoid and which ones to buy.

Was I Wrong About For-Profit Schools?

By Lawrence Meyers, InvestorPlace Contributor

Sure, Apollo beat earnings, but don't get too excited -- the quality of those earnings wasn't so hot and the fundamentals of for-profit schools are still weak.

For-Profit Colleges Are Doomed

By Lawrence Meyers, InvestorPlace Contributor

The real threat to the sector is that college educations may be the next big bubble.

Is SodaStream the Next Green Mountain?

By Lawrence Meyers, InvestorPlace Contributor

Short it if you can, or use covered calls or naked puts to play this fad stock.

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