The following video is part of this week's MarketFoolery podcast, in which host Chris Hill, along with Jason Moser and Joe Magyer, discusses the latest business news. In this segment, the guys analyze BP's $7.8 billion settlement of the Deepwater Horizon spill. With the company still facing potentially billions more in fines and penalties, how secure should BP's shareholders feel? And where does the settlement leave companies like Transocean and Halliburton, which were also involved in the incident?

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