Found a fix that I will place here for future readers.
I was using the Genesis framework that allows you to toggle between full content and excerpts on archive pages. Since the /forums page is considered an archive, it was changing converting the text to excerpt. Changed the setting back to full content and all was well.
I’ve also tried changing the url from /forums to /invest-forums. Even with the root URL changed, it is still only rendering the information as an excerpt.
