
James Cooper, CIMA®


Forbes Best-In-State Wealth Management Teams for 2024, 2025, & 2026
Tyson Kelley was named to the Forbes Best-In-State Wealth Advisor list in 2025 & 2026
At Spectrum Group, our mission is to empower you – through steadfast guidance, highly customized strategies and unwavering discipline – to make informed decisions that will enable you to reach your specific financial goals in today's complex global markets.
Financial Strategies for Life
As our name implies, our wealth management approach covers the full spectrum of customized solutions for high net worth clients, institutions, and Native American Sovereign Nations. We not only focus on helping you articulate your needs and aspirations, but also on reviewing all aspects of your financial life so that we may create a comprehensive roadmap designed to help ensure financial success over multiple generations.
Comprehensive Solutions
We combine the vast resources of a major global firm with the personalized service of experienced wealth management consultants who have spent their entire careers– advising individuals and institutions throughout Arizona and the Western United States.
Earning your Confidence
Money, in and of itself, does not create the skills to manage it. In an ever-changing global financial environment, we offer broad experience, deep resources, and objective advice. In short, we are committed to helping you preserve and grow your assets while inspiring a level of confidence that enables you to focus on the aspects of life you care most about. At Spectrum Group, we strive to be your primary financial advisor, providing timely, unbiased advice – making a difference in your life and earning your confidence every day.
Passion | Objectivity | Experience | Advice
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Disclosures:
Forbes Best-In-State Wealth Management Teams
Source: Forbes.com (Awarded 2024,2025,2026). Data compiled by SHOOK Research LLC based 12-month time period concluding in June of year prior to the issuance of the award.
Forbes Best-In-State Wealth Advisors
Source: Forbes.com (Awarded 2025, 2026). Data compiled by SHOOK Research LLC based on 12-month time period concluding in March of year prior to the issuance of the award.
Our team's experience includes working with Tribal governments and their accounting, bond council, and legal advisors regarding Public Financing, Water Right Settlement funds, and Minor Trust Funds. We understand and have extensive experience with Tribal Sovereignty, Section 17, Revenue Allocation Act requirements, investment policy statement (IPS) development, annual budgeting, and auditing issues as well as working with the Bureau of Trust Funds Administration. We are proud and honored to have a 25-year record of integrity and experience working with Tribal Governments, Tribal Enterprises, Casino and Public Projects Financing, Minor Trust Funds, and Tribal Retirement Plans. In each or our Tribal client relationships, our team has helped develop, update, or modify investment policy statements on behalf of our Native clients.
1. Community & Water Rights Fund
2. Permanent Fund, Roads & Construction Fund, General Operating Fund, Administrations & 457 Funds
3. Asset / Liability Study
4. Permanent Fund, General Fund and Tailored Line of Credit
5.Tribal Trust Funds Administration
6. Debt Repayment Funds Management
7. Profit Sharing Plan, and Telecommunications Operating Fund
8. Tribal Healthcare Foundation Management
9. Land Rights Settlement Funds Management
10. Defined Benefit Plan
11. Settlement Fund, IHS, BIA & HUD Fund, Timer Land Fund, General Fund and Self Sufficiency Fund
12. Tribal Healthcare and Hospital Retirement Fund Administration
13. Tribal 401k plan
14. Tribal Health Care Funds, Hospital Operations and 638 Program Management
15. Tribal Business Interruption Plan
16. Minor's Trust Funds Management
The hallmark of our client service philosophy is our commitment to building client programs from the ground up and carefully turning them to their specific goals and objectives. We have built a deeply resourced team of investment professionals with extensive institutional backgrounds who are dedicated to meeting the needs of our clients and serving as an extension of their staff. We believe that our relationship with you is first earned through trust, which builds on unbiased advice and thoughtful recommendations for your portfolio. Our top priority is to understand and respond to your specific needs in a collaborative, professional and educational spirit – one that places you at the center of our relationship. We believe that the diversity of our team's background and experience allows us to incorporate sophisticated institutional thinking and industry best practices from all of our client segments. Ultimately, we measure the success of the program in terms of our client's ability to fulfill its financial objectives, not just beating benchmarks.
Our approach is structured to provide unbiased, objective advice and guidance. Our goal is to provide the clients with the best of both worlds: a highly engaged boutique consulting client experience, backed by the deep resources and scale of a global financial services provider. We will leverage Morgan Stanley's thought leadership in the capital markets and draw upon our deep understanding and experience with Native American communities.
Tax management that is integrated into your investment process 365 days a year can be an essential part of growing your wealth. That's why we offer access to a broad range of tax solutions to help you maximize your after-tax wealth.
By implementing tax-efficient strategies as part of your investment process, you may increase potential portfolio returns and achieve your goals faster. Click the link below to learn more about how Morgan Stanley Total Tax 365 may help you save on taxes and keep more of what you earn.
The Tax Management Services (TMS) team can help efficiently manage your capital gains in managed accounts within your desired investment portfolio. They can assist in designing, creating and analyzing a tax efficient advisory solution for tax sensitive clients.








