Here are three stocks with buy rank and strong momentum characteristics for investors to consider today, August 7th:Howmet Aerospace (HWM) : This company which provides engineered solutions for customers in the transportation and aerospace industries, has a Zacks Rank #1(Strong Buy), and witnessed the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings increasing 5.9% over the last 60 days.Howmet Aerospace’s shares gained 11.6% over the last three month compared with the S&P 500’s gain of 1.0%. The compa ...