Here are three stocks with buy rank and strong momentum characteristics for investors to consider today, October 3rd:Gold Fields Limited (GFI) : This company which is one of the world's largest unhedged gold producers with operating mines in South Africa, Ghana, and Australia, has a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy), and witnessed the Zacks Consensus Estimate for its current year earnings increasing 7% over the last 60 days.Gold Fields Limited's shares gained 76.1% over the last three month compared with the S&P 5 ...