CNN has made some wonderfully optimistic stock market predictions today.

Of course, upbeat stock market predictions is what CNN and the rest of the mainstream financial press are all about — making Americans feel that all is well in the world, that the stock market and the US economy are ultimately benign forces, always and forever about to pick up.

Oddly, given some of the more pessimistic and, dare we say it, more informed predictions about the state of the US economy, CNN’s has made every effort to put a positive spin on its market predictions