Alexa keeps $500 readily accessible in her checking account so that she can take advantage of changes in the prices of other financial assets. This illustrates the

A) speculative demand for money.
B) transfer demand for money.
C) precautionary demand for money.
D) transactions demand for money.


Ans: A) speculative demand for money.

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