Wall Street Roundup: Obama’s odds. Hungry for the Hamptons.

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Gold: Trading now at $1,602 per ounce, up 0.9% from Thursday. Dow Jones industrial average: Trading now at 12,671.28, down 0.4% from Thursday.

Obama’s odds.On Wall Street, where resentment of President Obama runs high, executives say the big odds are still on the president winning a re-election.

Hungry for the Hamptons. While real estate elsewhere in the country is still struggling, the market in Wall Street’s summer vacation spot -- the Hamptons -- is booming, particularly at the upper end.

The case against Blankfein. Bloomberg lays out the case for why Goldman Sachs Chief Executive Lloyd Blankfein might have been responsible for leading his firm down the wrong path.

--Nathaniel Popper