Montana Ambassadors look to state's future | greatfallstribune.com | Great Falls Tribune

Montana Ambassadors look to state's future | greatfallstribune.com | Great Falls Tribune
First Interstate Bank President and CEO Lyle Knight offered a prediction to the 120 people gathered at the Holiday Inn on Friday for the Montana Ambassadors annual meeting.

"Four to five years from now we'll all be sitting around asking ourselves why we didn't buy property in 2010," Knight said.

Up and down cycles are a normal part of the economy, he added.

"The cycles are always there," he said. "The wisdom is in knowing how to behave in a down cycle. This is when fortunes are made, and there are deals out there," Knight said.

The Montana Ambassadors are a volunteer, not-for-profit organization of leaders in business, education and the professions with a common goal — to promote Montana's assets and assist in business and trade development.

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