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

Microsoft-Uber: Easy Money for MSFT, Not For You

By Lawrence Meyers, InvestorPlace Contributor

MSFT makes a no-lose investment in Uber, but that doesn't mean Uber is a good investment for the average investor. Quite the opposite.

8 Things Your Brokerage Account Should Offer

By Lawrence Meyers, InvestorPlace Contributor

Does your brokerage account have these features? If not, it's time to find a new brokerage account.

CVX Stock: Drilling Into Chevron Earnings

By Lawrence Meyers, InvestorPlace Contributor

CVX stock gets hit with huge writedowns after pouring cash into two massive projects. Here's what that did to Chevron earnings.

3 Covered Calls for a Cool Grand in Income

By Lawrence Meyers, InvestorPlace Contributor

Use covered calls the way they were meant to be used -- by generating substantial income from fairly safe blue-chip stocks!

3 Specialized ETFs For Conservative Investing

By Lawrence Meyers, InvestorPlace Contributor

Choose your ETF carefully, especially if you are looking at safe choices. These three ETFs are tailored for conservative investors.

Buffalo Wild Wings Earnings: As Good as They Seem? (BWLD)

By Lawrence Meyers, InvestorPlace Contributor

Buffalo Wild Wings Stock jumped after earnings were announced, but does it really deserve the new price?

What UPS Earnings Really Mean

By Lawrence Meyers, InvestorPlace Contributor

UPS Stock jumped after earnings, and while things look rosy on the surface, there are reasons to be concerned about UPS stock.

Boring But Beautiful: Retirement Stocks to Hold for 20 Years

By Lawrence Meyers, InvestorPlace Contributor

Some of the best retirement stocks are those with boring businesses -- ones that have little gloss, but can survive tough markets.

Airline Stocks Report Scorching Earnings — Should You Buy? (LUV, ALK)

By Lawrence Meyers, InvestorPlace Contributor

If there's been any doubt in your mind about the viability of airline stocks, Southwest (LUV) and Alaska (ALK) are here to convince you otherwise.

McDonald’s Earnings: Ronald McDonald Won’t Go Quietly (MCD)

By Lawrence Meyers, InvestorPlace Contributor

McDonald's stock is hardly moving after some lousy -- though Street-beating -- results. MCD is no more attractive today than it was yesterday.

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