April 2021 featured a continuation of the year-to-date grind higher in stocks, enabling most North American equity indices to reach all-time highs. The catalyst for this strength remained ongoing policy stimulus and the re-opening of the U.S. economy. Meanwhile, this rally has masked significant factor volatility, which in turn has driven rising dispersion between the returns generated by different investment styles. Fortunately, given that security selection at Forge First is driven by a company’s ability to generate free cash flow, our funds are largely agnostic towards factor rotation and have been able to maintain net returns in the middle of the proverbial fairway.