There are almost 10,000 different stocks that trade on all the various exchanges and venues. The following is an approximation of the count of actively traded stocks:
NASDAQ: 2,975
NYSE: 2,844
AMEX: 894
OTCBB: 1,219
Pink Sheets: 1,834
for a total of 9,766.
By Stockerblog.com
according to pinksheets.com on 10/27/08, there are 5217 stocks currently quoted. Granted, some of those are warrants and preffereds and the like, but even if those number 1500 (which they don't), that would still increase your numbers. Plus, you haven't even mentioned the grey market stocks, estimated to number above 70,000.
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