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

4 High-Risk, High-Return Covered Calls

By Lawrence Meyers, InvestorPlace Contributor

A look at stocks you can buy that might not be a great idea to hold for the long term, but that you actually want to get called away after selling calls against them.

A Tale of 2 Tire Makers

By Lawrence Meyers, InvestorPlace Contributor

Raw-materials costs are a drag on both Cooper and Goodyear, but one is a maybe buy and the other isn't.

Diamonds Aren’t Forever. Sell Blue Nile Now

By Lawrence Meyers, InvestorPlace Contributor

The Internet gem merchant is hardly sparkling these days. One reason for that: Buying a diamond online lacks the special experience of doing so at Tiffany.

DirectTV Owns the Airwaves

By Lawrence Meyers, InvestorPlace Contributor

One of the best moves DirecTV (NYSE:DTV) made when hiring CEO Mike White a couple of years back was drawing him from the ranks of…

Run Away From the Chicken Biz

By Lawrence Meyers, InvestorPlace Contributor

Rising costs, negative cash flow, and weakening demand should tell you to steer clear of this sector.

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