What is moneynoodle™?

Think of moneynoodle as a community brain, made up of people just like you who want to learn about managing their money better, but without suffering through long seminars, confusing spreadsheets and multi-colored pie-charts. We’re starting here, with an easy-to-navigate Web site with a news feed and Blogs, and we’ll continue to add features and functionalities based on what people tell us they want, and we’ll place a premium on having fun as we go. Something that’s interesting about us, the name moneynoodle actually comes from the Ancient Incan deity Mo-Nay Nuddal, who would fly over the villages and drop gold onto the roofs of the Incan adobe huts. Because the Incans didn’t have ladders yet, they couldn’t get the gold, so this deity became lesser known because he was really just annoying. Or, maybe, we were simply trying to make a nice play on words with noodle, as in, your noggin or your brain, and getting smarter about money. Yeah, the second one.

Why should I join?

Well, to start with, it’s Free! Joining will give you access to our message boards, where you’ll read stories about how people like you make the most of their money. You can post questions and get answers from people who are living out their solutions. As we grow, you’ll get to use some of the most engaging Web tools to help track your finances and even run “what if” scenarios to examine new ways of mapping out your financial future. We’re growing constantly, so every time you log in, there’s a good chance you’ll experience something new, that will be fun and deliver personal value.

But what if I don’t want to tell you who I am?

That’s good – we don’t want to know. In our environment, you remain unidentified; we don’t want to know your name, your address, or your social security number. That way, when you use our tools to help navigate your financial future, you can be secure in knowing that no one will know who you are. You can maintain complete anonymity while you post on our blogs and use our tools online. You never have to download anything. So if you hit your head and forget who you are, don’t ask us, because we won’t know, okay?

If I join, will I be inundated with spam?

No! We will never send you spam, nor will we sell your email address to anyone, and you’ll never get junk mail from us. But, we can’t keep your nosy Aunt Gertrude from stopping by unannounced on a Friday night when you’re getting ready to go sing bad karaoke with your friends from work. We hate it when she does that, too. Don’t tell her we said this, but she kind of smells like broccoli. We can’t tell if it’s old perfume or something in her upholstery, but someone should ask her to do something about that.

Okay, sounds like fun, and even useful – how do I sign up?

The advanced features of moneynoodle's site are currently undergoing a major upgrade and a move to a new platform to serve you better. Check back soon!