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

3 Low-Volatility ETFs That Win Every Time

By Lawrence Meyers, InvestorPlace Contributor

Using the Sharpe Ratio, you'll find that low-volatility ETFs are much better choices than standard index ETFs.

There Are Plenty of Ways to Play Twitter Inc (TWTR)

By Lawrence Meyers, InvestorPlace Contributor

TWTR stock probably has upside but only because of a potential buyout one day. Here's how to play Twitter.

3 Ways to Safely Hedge Your Portfolio

By Lawrence Meyers, InvestorPlace Contributor

The market is insanely overvalued. Use these three ETFs to help hedge your portfolio if things get bad.

3M Co (MMM) Stock: Should You Buy the Dow?

By Lawrence Meyers, InvestorPlace Contributor

Dow Jones component 3m (MMM) is outrageously overvalued. If you hold MMM stock in a retirement account, sell it.

3 Naked Puts in the Dead of Earnings Season

By Lawrence Meyers, InvestorPlace Contributor

Naked puts provide additional income during the boring days of late summer and act as a portfolio hedge.

Whole Foods Market, Inc.: No Investor Should Hold WFM

By Lawrence Meyers, InvestorPlace Contributor

Whole Foods Market (WFM) is a nice swing trade (especially right now), but for several reasons, WFM stock is not a buy-and-hold investment.

Amazon.com, Inc. (AMZN) Will Buy This Company

By Lawrence Meyers, InvestorPlace Contributor

Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) will buy its very own air cargo company, and AAWW will be its first.

Is Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (BABA) All Hype or the Real Deal?

By Lawrence Meyers, InvestorPlace Contributor

BABA stock has an SEC investigation and questionable future ahead of it -- two big red flags for would-be Alibaba investors.

Facebook Inc (FB) Stock Is Still a Buy at All-Time Highs

By Lawrence Meyers, InvestorPlace Contributor

Facebook stock is richly valued, but it is hard to claim it is overvalued. Although FB is at all time highs, it can certainly go higher.

3 Blue-Chip Covered Calls for the Dog Days of Summer

By Lawrence Meyers, InvestorPlace Contributor

These are three solid companies that you can feel safe holding or, if you sell covered calls against them, having them called away.

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