Monthly return, monthly risk-free rate and the excess, 2020 to 2024

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WITH
    monthly_px AS
    (
        SELECT
            toStartOfMonth(date)           AS m,
            argMax(toFloat64(close), date) AS month_close
        FROM global_markets.stocks_daily_aggs
        WHERE ticker = 'SPY'
          AND date >= '2019-12-01'
          AND date <  '2025-01-01'
        GROUP BY m
    ),
    prior_px AS
    (
        SELECT
            addMonths(m, 1) AS m,
            month_close     AS prev_close
        FROM monthly_px
    ),
    monthly_rf AS
    (
        SELECT
            toStartOfMonth(date)                                       AS m,
            pow(1 + avg(toFloat64(yield_3_month)) / 100, 1.0 / 12) - 1 AS rf_month
        FROM global_markets.treasury_yields
        WHERE date >= '2019-12-01'
          AND date <  '2025-01-01'
          AND yield_3_month IS NOT NULL
        GROUP BY m
    )
SELECT
    toString(cur.m)                                                      AS month,
    round(100 * (cur.month_close / prv.prev_close - 1), 2)               AS spy_ret_pct,
    round(100 * rf.rf_month, 3)                                          AS rf_pct,
    round(100 * (cur.month_close / prv.prev_close - 1 - rf.rf_month), 2) AS excess_pct
FROM monthly_px AS cur
INNER JOIN prior_px AS prv ON prv.m = cur.m
INNER JOIN monthly_rf AS rf ON rf.m = cur.m
ORDER BY cur.m