Yet investors remain leery of diving back in to stocks, preferring to sit on cash.

Other funds remain leery of offshore investments because of the longer wait for a return in a volatile industry.

But most aid groups remain leery, and say they will stick to the low-profile strategies that have allowed them to carry on.

Nearly half said that now that they have whittled down their debt, they remain leery of using credit out outside of an emergency.

And though bankers recognize that it might be a long while before these companies can right themselves, they remain leery of damaging longstanding client relationships.

Someone had to: The local coal-centric community remained leery of the Lycra-wearing hippies.

I helped with the children's tea that first month, but they remained leery of me.