Here are two stocks with buy rank and strong momentum characteristics for investors to consider today, January 28:New Gold Inc. (NGD) : This gold mining company has a Zacks Rank #1 and witnessed the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings increasing 5.3% over the last 60 days.New Gold’s shares gained 79.8% over the last three months compared with the S&P 500’s advance of 1.2%. The company possesses a Momentum Score  of A.Investar Holding Corporation (ISTR) : This bank holding company for Inve ...