The usual equity market representation is Sensex and it is important for an equity fund to outperform Sensex over the long term. Hence comparing the fund performance with Sensex can help an investor to understand whether the fund outperforms the benchmark. Similarly, for debt funds, the fund performance can be compared with Bank FD where the standard return of 7.25% is taken. An investor can switch between FD and Sensex simultaneously for both Equity & Debt funds while comparing the performance.