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

Why You Must Sell or Short Solar Stocks

Solar is a sucker's bet, unless you're short. The technology is simply too expensive and too reliant on government subsidies just to get folks to consider it.

Will Global Payments Survive Its Data Breach?

If the history of these breaches serves, GPN may end up a deep value play.

How to Play the Post-Cable TV World

The Web has caused a seismic shift in how content is viewed. These companies are savvy, swimming in cash and ready to tap the future.

Don’t Get Hungry for Lions Gate

Lions Gate looks strong for the long haul but has downside potential in the near term as "Hunger Games" enthusiasm wanes.

Don’t Even Bother With Drugstore Stocks

At one time, investing in drugstores was a good idea. They sold drugs, everyone needed drugs and you couldn’t get drugs anywhere else. Times have changed.