Here are three stocks with buy rank and strong momentum characteristics for investors to consider today, January 2nd:Pan American Silver (PAAS) : This mining company, which is focused exclusively on silver, has a Zacks Rank #1(Strong Buy), and witnessed the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings increasing 2.3% over the last 60 days.Pan American Silver's shares gained 33.1% over the last three month compared with the S&P 500’s gain of 1.9%. The company possesses a Momentum Score of A.USCB Fi ...