I started a women's investment club four years ago. I had always wanted to learn about investing in the stock market and investing in real estate. So I decided to start a club. Three of my friends (after asking many) decided to join me and help start one.
The investment club meets once a month; the second Wednesday of each month. We are structured as a general partnership complete with by-laws. We do have club dues and currently invest in the stock market together with those funds.
Last night was our May meeting. We just started a journaling series (we do many activities around the theme of money besides investing) and I want to share with you the activity we did last night.
Last year, one of the club's members discovered a book called “The Energy of Money,” by Maria Nemeth. As a club we occasionally like to read books together. We have started to explore this book chapter by chapter together. Last night we each wrote and shared our "Money Biographies'. It was fascinating to write about and hear about the negativity around money that we each were exposed to while growing up. We each had positive ideas around money while growing up too. And our stories were so different from each others. Already I can see that the author, Maria Nemeth, is demonstrating that our ideas about money can be debilitating or empowering.
The club will work from chapter 2 at our August meeting.
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Investment Club Meeting: May
Meet Copia
In Roman mythology, Copia is the Goddess of Abundance. Her name means ‘abundance’. In addition it means ‘plenty’, ‘wealth’, ‘opportunity’ and ‘resources’. She carries a cornu copia overflowing with the fruits of harvest and wealth. “The Horn of Plenty”; a magical goat’s horn the gives everything anyone desires. It is important to mention that Copia is often associated with Fortuna, the Roman Goddess of Fortune, Luck and Fate.
Copious
Pronunciation:
\kō-pē-əs\
Function:
adjective
Etymology:
14th century Middle English, from Latin copiosus, from copia abundance, from co- + ops wealth
Synonyms:
Ample; abundant; plentiful; plenteous; opulent; rich; full; exuberant; overflowing; full.
Definition:
1 a: yielding something abundantly; a copious harvest, copious springs. b: plentiful in number; copious references to other writers.
2 a: full of thought, information, or matter b: profuse or exuberant in words, expression, or style; a copious talker.
3: present in large quantity: taking place on a large scale; copious weeping, copious food and drink.
Well, okay so this word will do. I know I want plenty of what ever it is I desire in my life; money, healthy, patience, joy etc., … So I’ll sign up and create a copious life!
