Calvin "Cal" Boender, an investment professional of over 30 years, has recently diversified into commodities trading through his ownership of the firm North Development, Ltd. Commodities investors have allocated $1.7 billion in response to declining oil prices, boosting overall performance for commodities. While lower crude prices may negatively impact some oil-dependent economies, nations with other commodity interests like copper and metals could still see 2-5% growth in 2015. Developments in China and proceedings on UK metals financing and Brazil agriculture may also affect commodities trading this year.