This British bank has good potential and did not take government help during trouble times.

Barclays (BCS) was among the worst financial performers, losing ... after a Financial Times report that said Temasek Holdings sold its entire stake of nearly 2% in Barclays at the beginning of 2009 at a significant loss. The report comes a day after word an Abu Dhabi investor sold 1.3 billion shares of the bank. Read more here.

"I think there's a move to favor American brokers over foreign brokers. Why not look at JPMorgan Chase (JPM) over Barclay's." ("Mad Money Lightning Round," 6-2-09)

Strong comeback

Barclays will start paying a dividend again.

Barclays (BCS) dominates the list of the 25 best-rated exchange-traded funds on the strength of its fixed-income funds during the longest recession in more than half a century.

Twenty-one of the 25 most highly rated ETFs are owned by Barclays or track a Barclays index.

low price

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From a recent Mad Money show:"Barclays is such a sale it's scary. If you want to buy that one, you just need to turn off my show."

Barclays (BCS) topped the group that runs both equities and bonds, ahead of State Farm, RidgeWorth, BlackRock and Van Kampen. Putnam brought up the rear.

Financials are too volatile

subject to mortgage downturn