CREATE EXTENSION financial; SET extra_float_digits = -4; -- SET client_min_messages = 'debug'; SELECT xirr(amt, ts) FROM (VALUES(-100::float, '2013-01-01'::timestamptz), (110, '2013-02-01')) x(amt, ts); SELECT xirr(amt, ts) FROM (VALUES(-100::float, '2013-01-01'::timestamptz), ('Infinity', '2013-02-01')) x(amt, ts); SELECT xirr(-100, '2013-01-01'); SELECT xirr(100, '2013-01-01'); SELECT xirr(NULL, '2013-01-01'); SELECT xirr(100, NULL); CREATE TEMPORARY TABLE transactions AS SELECT -10.0::float8 amt, generate_series(timestamptz '2001-01-01', '2012-01-01', '1 day') ts UNION SELECT 12.0::float8, generate_series(timestamptz '2001-02-01', '2012-02-01', '1 day') ; SELECT xirr(amt, ts ORDER BY ts) FROM transactions; SELECT xirr(amt, ts) FROM (SELECT sum(amt) as amt, ts FROM transactions GROUP BY ts ORDER BY ts) subq; SELECT xirr(amt, ts) FROM (SELECT amt, ts FROM transactions ORDER BY ts, random()) subq; -- Excel's default guess of 0.1 would fail here, but hey, we're smarter than that SELECT xirr(amt, ts, null) FROM (VALUES(-100::float, '2013-01-01'::timestamptz), (20, '2014-01-01')) x(amt, ts); SELECT xirr(amt, ts, 0.1) FROM (VALUES(-100::float, '2013-01-01'::timestamptz), (20, '2014-01-01')) x(amt, ts); SELECT xirr(amt, ts, -0.9999) FROM (VALUES(-100::float, '2013-01-01'::timestamptz), (20, '2014-01-01')) x(amt, ts); -- Must work with both positive and negative inputs SELECT xirr(-amt, ts, null) FROM (VALUES(-100::float, '2013-01-01'::timestamptz), (20, '2014-01-01')) x(amt, ts); -- Window function SELECT xirr(amt, ts) OVER (ORDER BY ts) FROM (VALUES(-100::float, '2013-01-01'::timestamptz), (10, '2013-02-01'), (110, '2013-03-01')) x(amt, ts); -- Different guesses SELECT 0.1*i AS guess, xirr(amt, ts, 0.1*i) FROM (VALUES (-10000, '2009-01-01'::timestamptz), (-10000, '2010-01-01'), ( 10000, '2011-01-01'), ( 10000, '2012-01-01'), ( 1000, '2013-01-01') ) x(amt, ts) CROSS JOIN generate_series(-10, 10) i GROUP BY i ORDER BY i;