The road to recovery has been bumpy on Wall Street, but many Main Street investors are not panicking in face of recent stock market upheaval. Financial sites MoneyRates.com and GetRichSlowly.org polled their visitors and discovered that a minority are pulling out of stocks.

The websites' poll asked, "How are you reacting to the recent volatility in the stock market?" MoneyRates.com and GetRichSlowly.org visitors responded:

* Pulling out: I'm diverting more of my money into high-interest savings accounts, money market accounts, CDs and bonds. (12%)

* Putting more into stocks: It's a perfect buy opportunity. (32%)

* Riding out the storm: I'm keeping my money where it is. (56%)

"Perhaps the most encouraging outcome of this poll is that most people are standing pat in the face of recent volatility," said MoneyRates.com personal finance expert Richard Barrington. With the poll being conducted on the heels of the nearly 1,000-point "flash crash" of the Dow Jones Industrial Average on May 6, it appears that investors aren't making any rash decisions with their money.

Financial experts have long advised stock market investors to consider the long-range growth of stocks instead of focusing on short-term peaks and valleys. In the wake of the current recession, it appears that savvy investors are taking that advice. Rather than pulling money from the market and missing the rebound, they are sitting tight or even increasing their portfolio shares.

"It's true that market declines can represent buying opportunities, but overall the stock market is no lower now than it was a couple months ago," Barrington observes. "There's certainly no cause to hit the panic button, but there hasn't yet been a significant enough lowering of prices to justify a substantial increase in stocks either. I think the majority of respondents who are standing pat have got it right."