GeneLink Inc., LifeVantage Corp., ForeverGreen Worldwide Corp., Tupperware Brands Corp., Blyth Inc., Primerica Inc., Lightyear Network Solutions Inc.

As 2011 comes to a close and corporate boardrooms reflect upon the past year, there are some wildly varied perceptions of how Wall Street treated the direct selling sector over the past year.

Immunotec, ForeverGreen Worldwide Corp., Medifast Inc., Blyth Inc.

September was just another version of August for direct selling stocks ... more volatility.

Blyth Inc., LifeVantage Corp., Lightyear Network Solutions Inc., USANA Health Sciences, Tupperware Brands Corp., Primerica Inc., Educational Development Corp., Mannatech Inc.

The fundamental trends of sales and earnings for direct selling companies were not among investors’ top interests during August as broader economic concerns such as shaky European sovereign debt, political turmoil in the United States and an unprecedented downgrade of U.S. debt led the stock markets into a free fall, followed by a rally, followed by a free fall, followed by a … well, you get the picture.