The news, especially todays news, should not be read as either positive or negative. Read it for the information and facts. Weed out the bias, hard to nowadays in MSM, pick out the pertinent information, conduct the analysis, and make a educated, informed decision.
Making predictions made by humans, especially about the future, has a tendency to be highly inaccurate.
As for Rawles, I have heard of him. Even tried to read one of his books. Got half way through and made the book into fire-starters. I rely on my own skill sets and training, read the news and come to my own conclusions.