Here are three stocks with buy rank and strong income characteristics for investors to consider today, October 22nd:Banco Bilbao Viscaya Argentaria (BBVA) : This company which is engaged in a wide variety of banking, financial and related activities in Spain, has witnessed the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings increasing 6.1% over the last 60 days.This Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy) company has a dividend yield of 5.2%, compared with the industry average of 4.1%.United Microelectronics (UMC ...