Benzinga and Yahoo Finance LLC may earn commission or revenue on some items through the links below. Warren Buffett was once asked whether gold still had a place in modern investing. His response? It's "just about the last thing I would want to own." The question came up during the 2005 Berkshire Hathaway annual meeting. An attendee wanted to know whether Buffett, as one of the world's most influential investors, should acknowledge gold's historical role as a financial foundation—especially in an era of i ...