2012’s hits, misses

By Sean Smyth for Boston.com

The staff at Kiplinger’s Personal Finance magazine sat down and looked at some of the highs and lows of 2012, replacing the magazine’s traditional end-of-year best-of list. Here’s a smattering of the consumer-oriented hits and misses of 2012, as well as some insights from Janet Bodnar, editor of Kiplinger’s Personal Finance.

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