"When you're sick, you don't always make the most rational decisions, " says Ms. Wilkes, the party planner.

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Use what you have at hand to present the burgers, hot dogs, chips and dip in a creative way, said Atlanta party planner April Trigg, founder of Eventologie.

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"The cleanest thing to do is to sell the stock back to the brokerage firm or to a third party, " says Gregory Pinto, a financial planner with Bay State Financial in Boston.

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