The metrics speak softly–all three reputation arbitrage-based indices are outperforming the S&P500 this calendar year. Lifetime out-performance spreads range between 366% and 859%. RepuSPX, a reputation arbitrage strategy limited to constituents of the S&P500, is at all all time high lifetime spread of 447%.
Reputation Arbitrage: Premium as of 26 June 2026 The numbers flatter the thesis. Trailing twelve-month spreads over the S&P 500 for the three indices in the RepuStars Variety Corporate Reputation Composite Equity Index family now run from 11.92% to 22.26%. Between the two price-only reputation indices, REPUVAR and REPUSPX, the gap is 7.53 percentage points—to …
The reputation premium-seeking RepuSPX, a reputation arbitrage portfolio, is out-performing the S&P500 Index by 435.73%
Over the past five years, on average, Steel City Re’s algorithm has identified approximately five names each week that seemed expensive and potential short-sell opportunities. At the close of markets, on 30 January 2026, Steel City Re’s algorithm identified 22 names. It is an unusually high number, statistically greater than three standard deviations from the mean.
The reputation premium-seeking RepuSPX is out-performing the S&P500 Index by 398.87% The trailing twelve month spreads over the S&P500 of the three reputation-linked indices comprising RepuStars Variety Corporate Reputation Composite Equity Index family range from 3.43 to 14.19%.
As of December 26, 2025, the reputation premium-seeking RepuSPX is out-performing the S&P500 Index by 401.1%
The trailing twelve month spreads over the S&P500 of the three reputation-linked indices comprising RepuStars Variety Corporate Reputation Composite Equity Index family range from 2.43% to 20.67%. The spread between the two reputation-based price-only indices, REPUVAR and REPUSPX, is 15.68%. All three indices are outperforming the S&P500. Over its lifetime, the reputation premium-seeking RepuSPX is out-performing the S&P500 Index by 380.09%
All three reputation arbitrage indices informed by Steel City Re’s reputation value metrics are outperforming the S&P500 this calendar year. The trailing twelve month spreads over the S&P500 of the three reputation-linked indices comprising RepuStars Variety Corporate Reputation Composite Equity Index family range from -3.18% to 22.7%. The spread between the two reputation-based price-only indices, REPUVAR and REPUSPX, is 23.34%.
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