"Conspiracy theorists," Laena Fallon, a spokeswoman for Cantor, told OpenSecrets Blog, "would have to believe that Eric would want to lose hundreds of thousands of dollars to make a few thousands in return."
Greece, Spain and Portugal have a surprising amount of gold in reserve.
Ian Hannam, chairman of JP Morgan Capital Markets, believes Afghanistan is "one of the last great natural-resource frontiers."
"The portfolio of China's foreign exchanges should be adjusted based on changing conditions, " says economist Li Yining, member of the 11th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.
Have investors become too downbeat on the barbarous relic?
When the fundamentals fail, turn to the charts.
La Rinconada is one of the frontiers of a thoroughly modern phenomenon: a 21st-century gold rush.
Not to be confused with the real Mr. T helping GoldPromise.com sell their cash for gold service, a Chicago pawn shop takes things up a notch.