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

Forget Banks and Buy These Safe Financials

Credit cards and pawnshops enjoy steady, robust growth.

The Online Vacation Play You’ve Probably Never Heard Of

You may not have heard about online travel site HomeAway, but it has a number of things going for it -- not the least of which is a strong cash flow.

Option Plays Ahead of Retail Earnings

Earnings reports are just around the corner, so here are some potentially profitable and low-risk option plays surrounding these reports.

P.F. Chang’s Goes Private; Who’s Next?

A private equity firm has agreed to buy out P.F. Chang’s China Bistro. What happened, and what might it mean for other restaurant stocks?

3M Just Gets Better and Better

Innovation, great cash flow, solid dividend -- 3M has everything an investor could want.